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A Vision of Happiness & Peace |
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Written by Steven Sadlier
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 We can create a more peaceful world through the
collective efforts of individuals creating peace in their own world.

A Vision of Happiness & Peace
As
we celebrate the upcoming holidays a message of "Peace on Earth and
Good Will Towards Man" is echoed by people of varying faiths from
around the world. If we all wish for that, why have we not created it?
We have only to look into our own lives and ask ourselves "am I at
peace right now?" We can create a more peaceful world through the
collective efforts of individuals creating peace in their own world.
Here are three simple things you can do to create more peace in your
life.
(1) The single most powerful thing anyone can do to create
more peace in their own lives is to consciously decide to create more
peace in their lives. Hold the intention to create more peace, so your
mind has some direction and guidance. Left unchecked, your mind will
create even more stress, more activities, more justifications and
rationalizations for thinking and doing things that create stress and
discord in your life. You have to value peace and commit to create it
in order to create it.
(2) Meditate. Throughout the history of
civilization, in all the major cultures and religions throughout the
world, people have found some form of meditation to find greater
clarity, happiness and peace...it's time tested and proven effective.
Even though it is now universally recognized that meditation helps you
find peace, most people don't make the effort. Meditation is easy,
effortless and enjoyable when you learn the right methods. Come take
the free class and see for yourself. Come again if you'd tried it
before, the reinforcement can only help.
(3) Forgive. Peace is
your natural state. If you are not feeling peace it is because you are
focusing on something going on in your head. Some of the greatest
causes of mental agitation are anger, resentment, and a resistance to
letting go of something that has bothered you. If you are feeling
anger, just let it go. If you are feeling resentment, just let it go.
If you are resistant to letting it go, let that go. Just let go. Open
your heart and peace will reign. When we all forgive, when we all let
our anger and resentment go, we can all live together in happiness and
peace. It begins with you.
From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir |