Peace Ripple...

What kind of energy are you sharing with the world? It starts within you....so what is there, at your core? Are you feeling an underlying sense of frustration? Or calm? fear or love? Your choice. What you feel, others around you also feel. Whether they choose to accept that into their Being depends on their level of awareness and inner strength. But you can affect others just with your presence by projecting love and peace when you really feel that within. What a wonderful world that would be!

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...... that what your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that, and he was correct. The mind is the last part of yourself to listen to. It thinks of everything you can lose. The heart thinks ofeverything you can give, and the soul thinks ofeverything you are. I will leave it up to you to decide which of thosethree is the most important...

Being a parent is the hardest (and the very best) thing I've ever done. Aiming to find and maintain peace and balance within myself and teach my children these things has been a major factor in how I parent. I admit it's been a rocky road at times but I am so much better than I used to be. In my deepest self, I knew what was possible, but I had to wade through some old conditionings in order to get close to there. I like this article by Scott Noelle as he reminds me that peace is created within each of us and we can choose that state anytime, even during parenting challenges. http://www.scottnoelle.com/parenting/unconditional.htm a little taste: Some parents believe that giving selflessly to their children is proof of their unconditional love. But parental self-sacrifice is an insidious form of conditionality that diminishes both parent and child. Its true colors are exposed when the self-sacrificing parent eventually snaps and says, “How can you treat me that way after all I’v

" I invite you to take a peek inside to know what this existence is all about. Be who you are. Be fulfilled every day so you can fulfill others. Be fulfilled every day so you can fulfill the responsibilities that are ahead of you. It all begins with you, so understand that if you don't feel peace, you may not be able to give it to anyone. If you want to quench the thirst of another, the least you need is water. Without water, you cannot quench somebody else's thirst. The water of peace flows within you. I'm not talking about creating something, but about discovering what already exists inside of you. Just be who you are. Carry out your noble causes. Be the knights, but wear the armor well so you can succeed in your noble cause to be all that you really, really want to be. No limits. Success has nothing to do with age. Success has nothing to do with accomplishments. Success is to feel alive every moment in your life. Not just to carry a backpack of responsibility, but a