The world often sees rebels and renegades as groups of violent, angry people attempting to over throw the government or current social conventions or norms. Look the words up in the dictionary and that is pretty much what you will find. But I would like to suggest that we can be rebels or renegades byContinue reading “Rebels and Renegades”
Tag Archives: peace
Peace is Here
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama We pray for peace, but peace is here.
Someday at Christmas
I won’t preach, because people who know me personally will tell you I can get quite wound up when I get started. But most of you who follow Espirational know that I believe with all my heart that the world depicited in this beautiful Stevie Wonder song can be “in time for you and me”Continue reading “Someday at Christmas”
What are we Waiting For?
Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. I did not grow up in a tradition that observed advent, but I did later attend churches that did. Advent is a time of expectant waiting for the birth of Jesus. It may be seen as a time of preparation, repentance and fasting. Candles are lit each weekContinue reading “What are we Waiting For?”
When You Establish Peace
“When you establish peace, when you establish love, when you establish kindness here [inside], you cannot act any other way to the outside world.”― Mimi Ikonn
Building Goodness
“Peace does not come from destroying evil, but from building goodness.”― Melita Tessy, Battle of the Spheres: Crust, Mantle and Core
The willingness to change your beliefs
“Letting go is the willingness to change your beliefs in order to bring more peace and joy into your life instead of holding onto beliefs that bring pain and suffering.” — Hal Tipper Read more: https://www.wiseoldsayings.com/let-go-quotes/#ixzz6Tmo8tPOZ
No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us
“No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for ‘we’ are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.” —Louise L. Hay
Every Breath we Take
“Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
live in peace
“We tell the dead to rest in peace, when we should worry about telling the living to live in peace.” ― Anthony Liccione