PEACE -- INSIDE AND OUT

"World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it."

-- Peace Pilgrim

Hi Patrice,

When we ponder those places around the globe where conflict makes life not only stressful but often dangerous, do we pause to reflect on areas of our own lives where we are not yet at peace?

Finding peace within ourselves is the essential first step to bringing peace to the planet. Melody Green has generously shared with us her 'peace audit' practice. Thanks for the guidance, Melody.

~ Patrice

Peace -- How can I help create it in the world?

Hello Earth Angels,

Tumultuous times call for courageous actions if we are to create a world that is peaceful and harmonious. How do we do that in our world of disharmony, war, inhumanity and fear?

I have for many years been of the opinion that peace begins within and that it is our personal mission to work and create peace at this level first as well as spending time, effort and energy working on the outside world.

Before the International Day of Peace each year I take my individual 'peace audit.' This is to see how peaceful I am being in the world. I do this because I am at the centre of change and while I may be able to influence people, I cannot change them -- but I can change me and so I start with myself.

Read the rest of Melody's story here.

~ Melody Green

"The man of peace is creative. He is not against war, because to be against anything is to be at war. ... Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will the war disappear."

-- Osho

"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace will be in our troubled world."

-- Etty Hillesum