Here are some things that I believe to be true.  I think they might be some of the most important things in life.  Well, besides a good macaroni salad… and blue playdough.

Okay seriously.  I keep getting the message of “peace” lately.  Striving to find peace within ourselves..   AND…. finding a way to  live in peace with others.  I think, collectively, this is the most important thing we can do in our lives. I truly don’t think anything else comes close.

You see.  Peace equals happiness.  To live in peace is the fundamental wish of all people. Whether we all realize it or not. Because.  If we have peace, inner peace…. we have happiness.

The next thing is compassion.  It is the “link” that will truly connects all people.  Yes, I will say it again. Compassion.

We won’t always agree with everyone.  You can bet ME on that one!  But…. it  doesn’t mean we can’t get along with them. (See the earlier reference to peace.)  When we express compassion and understanding towards others (all beings)… all throughout our lives …. we have built a path of peace and cooperation.

We need to learn to live with compassion and understanding for others.  One of my biggest faults is when I want others to be on MY side of thinking.  This just can’t always be so.  So… acceptance of others and their views.

We are all different.  It’s through these very differences that we find ourselves. We are individuals. Unique…. in all our big world.  With all the other unique people.  Be understanding… we each have our own way.

And finally.  I believe we are all basically good

At the very heart of  each one of us…. is a goodness.  It can’t be disrupted if we don’t let it.  It is in our core.  Deep within us.  And… this basic goodness will never go away.  We may push it aside, or misplace it.  But it is always right there.  Right next to your belly button, but on  the inside.

I think when we really pay attention to our own inner peace…the direct result is that we live with compassion, love, and understanding towards others.   In this…. is the good within us.

The good within you.  And the good within me.

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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.  —  Eckhart Tolle

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.  —  Buddha

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Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.  —  Albert Einstein