{"id":3082,"date":"2012-02-02T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2012-02-02T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:13:53","slug":"a-time-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2012\/02\/a-time-for-peace.html","title":{"rendered":"A Time for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I remember hearing these words every time I went to see Eric Butterworth’s Sunday Service at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC.\u00a0 They are nice words, beautiful words and they may be the first steps to consciously creating peace.\u00a0 Most importantly, we need to conduct ourselves in kind, peaceful and caring ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are important questions:<\/span>
\n How am I creating peace in my life?<\/span>
\n Am I a peaceful person?<\/span>
\n How do I treat others?<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many ways that you can best contribute to the world you live in.<\/span>
\n The simplest way is to start with the people in your life, the people that you interact with.<\/span>
\nThe most important person you need to create peace with is your self.<\/span>
\n Every day you have choices of how to respond to people and situations that create either peace or fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace is a function of unconditional love and caring.<\/span>
\n War, fighting, control, hatred and anger is a function of the ego and fear.<\/span><\/p>\n

A good friend recently told me that the Middle East dominates the entire world<\/span>
\n and that until there is peace in the Middle East the world economy will suffer.<\/span><\/p>\n

All I know is that each of us has a choice of how to live our lives and use our time, energy and resources.<\/span>\u00a0 When we focus on helping people and improving our lives, we are wisely using the gifts God gives us.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe that by doing my best to live in harmony with proper principles that my example and energy ripples out in the universe.\u00a0 Each person living in this way creates a stronger universal energy for peace, kindness and good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is so precious.\u00a0 What am I doing today to create peace?<\/span>
\n What can I do today to help others?<\/span>
\n What is the best use of my time and resources?<\/span>
\n What good can I do now?<\/span><\/p>\n

By focusing our attention on kindness and peace we create that in our lives.<\/span>
\n It is time to follow the principles of Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.\u00a0 That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
\n<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech<\/p>\n

blessings,<\/em><\/span>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span>
\nThe Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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