Create Peace in Your Personal World

Although you may wish to see more peace in your outer world, you can take simple steps to create more peace in your personal world, both inner and outer.

We look around our outer world and find an economy that still causes heartaches to many, institutions that do not serve us in a fair way and a disaster such as the Gulf oil spill that unnerves even the bravest. When we realize that all of this is almost more than we can handle, what is the next best thing for us to concentrate on?

Ideally, we aspire to change our own circumstances to match what it is that we would like to see in the greater world around us. How do we do that? By feeling that we are part of the solution.

We do that one small step at a time, by bringing a sense of peace into each area of our own lives as best we can. For example, rather than concentrate on any lack in our own economy and financial situation, we can instead concentrate on what is working for us and be grateful for all that we do have.

For our disappointment in many of the institutions we count on daily, again let us use the same principle of appreciating what does work about them and letting go of the usual complaining that we can easily unleash.

The disaster in the Gulf is a big one. The most simple solution is to remember a few moments of loving prayer or meditation each day for mother earth and her children - plant, animal and human.

Of course, to bring peace to our immediate outer world, we must establish peace in our inner world, inside our mind and heart. For this, we can make a daily intention to set aside some silent time during the morning, during the day or in the evening to establish our own inner safe haven.

When you create peace in your personal world, you are contributing in a hugh way to create peace in the larger world around you. Please commit ~

Prayers for peace in your personal world.

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Rijuta Tooker,
Founder, Creative Concentration Community