{"id":4022,"date":"2014-01-11T00:44:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T00:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2014-01-11T03:33:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T03:33:25","slug":"today-i-choose-perfect-peace-day-sixty-three-of-loveland101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/01\/today-i-choose-perfect-peace-day-sixty-three-of-loveland101.html","title":{"rendered":"Today I Choose Perfect Peace &#8211; Day Sixty Three of #LoveLand101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 255 in the ACIM goes hand in hand with one of Ghandi\u2019s principles \u00a0\u2018if we want to contribute to peace we have to do more. \u00a0We have to become more peaceful.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The end is inherent in the means &#8211; Direct and simple.<\/p>\n<p>When we choose to be peaceful, we extend peace to whoever we come in contact with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2013\/01\/light-in-the-darkness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2547 alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/01\/light-in-the-darkness-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peace needs peaceful hearts<\/p>\n<p>Peace needs funding<\/p>\n<p>Peace needs activism<\/p>\n<p>Peace needs a commitment<\/p>\n<p>Make a commitment to peace in your heart right now.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself in that silent space of your intuition-<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where is there an attack thought I can surrender inside my own head?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where is there a gun in my personal arsenal that I can retire?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Change occurs in the human heart.<\/p>\n<p>If you think opening your heart to change your thoughts to be loving is foolish or impossible, remember Bobby Kennedy\u2019s words \u201csome people see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never where and say why not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why not peace.<\/p>\n<p>You have the power with your love, with your forgiveness, with your kindness, with your peaceful state of awareness.<\/p>\n<p>You have power with your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Say it right now. \u00a0&#8220;I AM PEACE.&#8221; \u00a0Own it. \u00a0Live it. Love it and you will be it.<\/p>\n<p>Hold to your own joy. Hold to your bliss. Hold to your light. Illuminate the way be shining radiantly.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4024\" alt=\"#LoveLand101\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2014\/01\/1493114_10152106562736030_1165009345_n-242x300.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Melanie<\/p>\n<p>Day Sixty Three of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveland101.com\" target=\"_blank\">#LoveLand101<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and visual story teller<em>\u00a0living in Los Angeles. \u00a0For more information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanielutz.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.melanielutz.com<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 255 in the ACIM goes hand in hand with one of Ghandi\u2019s principles \u00a0\u2018if we want to contribute to peace we have to do more. \u00a0We have to become more peaceful.\u2019 The end is inherent in the means &#8211; Direct and simple. 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