Beat Tough Times With Peace

These days especially, it’s easy to get stressed out over our circumstances such as work we can’t find, gas and other necessities we can no longer afford, bills we can’t pay, a job we’re afraid we may lose or worse. But getting stressed out never helps. In fact, it usually hurts. Ironically the best response to stressful circumstances is peace.

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10 Ways to Celebrate Your Small Victories

Big victories are easy to recognize as a cause to celebrate. It’s the small stuff that’s often overlooked because you may be thinking, “Ah shucks, it was nothing.” But even a small victory is still a victory. It’s a breakthrough for you that should also be celebrated. Nothing complicated. Here are 10 ways you can keep it simple.

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The Evolution of My Peace

(How my quest for racial harmony led to personal conviction, inner-healing and ultimately to peace.)

It was 1991, and I was tired—tired of race being such a factor in our lives. For as long as I could remember, I had looked around me and wondered why people of different races could not get along and yearned for the day in which we would.

I was angry—angry because it seemed as though the more things changed, the more they stayed the same. In fact, race relations were getting worse instead of better. I wanted so much to make a positive difference, but felt so powerless to change anything.

Then, an answer came from what I know now was the voice of God. It said: “Peace, be still.” It told me that if I wanted to help bring about racial harmony in this world, I had to first be at peace within myself. 

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10 Internal Pathways to Personal Peace

If you want peace in your life, you can have it, but you have to go inside to get it. Inside is where your real power is because it’s where you connect with your greater Self.  Inside is where you make the choices. Inside is where making a difference begins. As you continue on your journey to personal peace, here are some pathways to help steer you along your way.

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You Did Enough: A Tribute to 9/11 Rescuers

Your heart was racing inside. All the debris. All the fear. All the hope you were so desperately still trying to hang onto. I know you had every intention of holding onto hope until the very end—until there was nothing left but the harsh reality that the people you fought so desperately to save were gone.

And even then, you knew you wouldn’t want to accept it. Your greatest fear was that you wouldn’t be able to accept it—that you would always ask yourself “What if I had gotten there sooner, had done more, had been more? What if I had stayed longer, had worked faster, had dug deeper? What if I hadn’t been afraid—at times? What if…?”

These thoughts invaded your mind creating a premature ghost to haunt your heart even while you were still trying to rescue those you hoped to God remained alive.

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Who Said What About Peace?

One thing I like more than a good peace quote is being able to see who said it. This really cool slide show from the Universal Peace Federation offers both. Enjoy!

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God Is Your Father

(A Father's Day message for fatherless sons)

You never knew your father. What does that make you? I know the world has a word for it, but the truth is, God is your father. That makes you a child of God. 

I know you would have liked to have known your earthly father. It would have been nice to have had him to talk to about things like sex, relationships, work and life in general. But somehow, you made it through without him.

And look at you now. You’re all grown up with a family of your own and have turned out to be a wonderful man.

I know it hasn’t been easy.

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