being at peace

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Being At Peace-

 

Just for Today I want to be at Peace. I want to feel that long needed,

soothing inner peace inside my soul, inside my bones.

 

Just for Today I want to be at Peace. Even if it means giving up a few

things:

 

Even if it means giving up those little private conversations I have

with myself about other people's driving behaviour. Even if it means

letting go of a ripe opportunity to judge their selfish driving habits,

and even if it means passing up the opportunity to remind myself of how

just my values are compared to theirs.

 

Just For Today I want to be at Peace. I guess, even if it means letting

go of other opportunities throughout this day to privately judge others

for their selfishness, their stupidity, their thoughtlessness. I guess,

even if it means passing up a few opportunities to privately speculate

and judge the state of the world, and how much better off it would be if

people would just do what I know is best for everyone.

 

I think that I really want to be at Peace today. Even if it means that I

must let go of being right, even when I am right. Even if it means that

I have to let go of following out my private conversations in my head

about how right I am, how logical, how rational. Even if it means that I

must let go of my inner debates on my self esteem, my correctness, my

self consciousness, what others think of me, how I might be appearing to

others. Even if it means that I won't have the luxury of dwelling in my

self consciousness, self pity, or anger.

 

I really like the way Peace feels. And just for today, I want to feel

some peace.

 

Tomorrow is another day, with plenty of opportunity to renew my judgment

of other's selfishness and thoughtlessness, my criticisms of the world's

ways, my rightness about the inequality in the world, my obsessive

private conversations about my ego and what other's think of me.

 

Just because I miss a few opportunities for that today, there will still

be plenty of opportunity for that tomorrow. I can afford to be at Peace

today, because I can always pick up those other habits tomorrow. There

will always be other chances to worry, to judge, be angry, self

righteous, intolerant.

 

I don't need to be afraid of giving up my judgment, criticisms, and

anxieties Just For One Little Day now do I ?

 

Just For Today, I want to be at Peace. Even if it means that I'll need

to give up some opportunities to show people how much I know about

everything, and even if I have to give up a day spent watching for

chances to impress others, and make sure they know how much I know.

 

I may have to let go of an opportunity to correct someone's

misinformation, to give them the right facts, or set the record

straight.

 

I heard someone once say, " For peace of mind resign as general manager

of the Universe. "

 

I may have to let go of some worry, or self concern about wearing the

right clothes, having the right smile, making sure that I don't do

anything politically incorrect, knowing everything, and having studied

everything with more integrity than anyone else possibly could have,

else they would have arrived at the same conclusions that I did. I'll

have to give up opportunities to be important, or make sure others know

how important I am.

 

I'll have to tell my ego to take a hike when it demands that I bow down

and spend every waking hour of my day re-framing everything into how

perfect I am, how wonderful I am, how anything I am.

 

I'll have to let go of anything that doesn't feel peaceful.

Just For Today.

 

-- Unknown

 

Hello Friends,

 

Here is a little something that I thought I would send out. It gives me

a lot to think about. I hope that all is well with you and that you will

also have a pleasant day.

 

In love and friendship,

Harold

 

http://gemsofthought.tripod.com/poetry/

 

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