Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Peace Requires Risk

What risk might you take for Peace today? History is full of examples of people who took personal risks for social Peace; Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa. They are also examples of amazing personal equanimity and grace. When I take personal risks, risk being bold, risk a deeper connection with others, risk seeming foolish, when I stop protecting myself in service of a greater possibility, Peace appears. And I believe it is the Peace of discovering that my fears are illusions!

Would you burst some illusions today to create Peace? I call them "fear bubbles". I believe I hear them popping! Pop, pop, pop, Peace!

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