When something shocks your world, you can be glad you have a reservoir of peace.
Since maintaining your peace is something you actively cultivate, you have a foundation to stand on.
You may reel for a while, but soon your equilibrium restores itself, because you have made an active practice of peace in your life.
When I hear or see cruelty, I am momentarily shocked.
I have to find a place of peace within in order to contribute something more powerful than outrage.
I have to find a way to add some kind of healing to the atmosphere.
When I revisit deep resentments in memory, I have to reroute myself quickly.
I no longer gain anything from wallowing in old pain.
My practice of peace has gone deeper and deeper and has dissolved so much.
I need to constantly add to it and maintain it.
I want to live peacefully and to be productive.
My reservoir of peace helps me do that.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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