Be The Peace

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, 

people will forget what you did, 

but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou said that and she was so right...but how often do we honestly consider how we make the people around us feel in our daily lives? How often do we ask ourselves what type of energy we are projecting out into the universe on a day-to-day basis? How much time do we spend contemplating how we, as individuals, impact the rest of humanity? Not nearly enough, in my opinion.

The fact is that every single person's energetic contributions, positive or negative, are significant and impactful on the whole, therefore we must all choose responsibly and stop placing blame externally. In each moment, we must all choose peace.

If we truly want peace, we must first BE the peace. We must become the embodiment of peace, in every sense of the word, with no exceptions and no excuses, recognizing that there are no justified resentments. 

Angry speech and indignant rhetoric does little to increase peacefulness in this world - instead it only adds to the divisiveness, chaos and hatred that is so pervasive right now. 

Peace is an attitude we can all choose in any given moment. Peace is all about giving up the ego-driven need to be right and instead choosing be kind, compassionate and loving. 

Peace means seeking to understand those with opinions that differ from our own instead of responding with judgement and condemnation. Peace is the ability to see beauty in everyone and everything. 

When we make the choice to be peaceful, we profoundly impact and elevate the level of peacefulness in every circumstance or challenge we face and in every single person who surrounds us. If we truly want things to improve, it's our responsibility to radiate out to the world that which we seek: peace. 

I keep hearing how unhappy people are with what is going on in our world currently and I watch as those same people, in their effort to promote peace, unintentionally create more conflict and drive us further and further away from understanding one another which is an essential element in developing the peace we all desire. 

I think it's important to remember that thinking alike is not a requirement for peace. Peace is always possible but first we must all take responsibility for our own words and actions and make sure that each one of us is contributing to peace and not detracting from it. We must all become peace and only then will we experience the bliss that only peace can bring. 

It is an irrefutable fact that deep down, at our core, we all want the same thing: peace, harmony, to love and be loved, to be accepted and free to be who we truly are, to have meaning in our lives. The very fact that we were born is proof of that. Without peace, none of the other things can exist. 

We are all born with a spark, the essence of who we are, a manifestation of peace and divine love. Wayne Dyer once described it as a flame burning within us that may dim but never goes out completely. He said that in order to keep this flame burning brightly, we must focus on it and provide it with the peace and harmony that it craves and requires. 

As humans, we can sometimes get caught up in our emotions or ego and lose sight of the end game. When this happens, we must take notice and return our focus to the beautiful flame burning within. 

Before you speak, act, respond or post to social media...ask yourself this simple question: Am I contributing to the achievement of a peaceful world or just adding to the chaos and negativity? Because the only way to achieve peace is through peace. This I know for sure.