by Angels Web

Created on: March 20, 2009   Last Updated: December 02, 2009

Inner Peace Starts from Within:

There is all this talk about peace. If you go to Sebastopol on Friday on one corner, there are women dressed in black holding signs and yelling at the people passing by. On one of the other corners is a man holding and peacefully waving the American Flag. He smiles and salutes you as you pass; even when people swear and yell disparities at him. He seems like a man that loves his country and has achieved inner peace. The women that are there to represent peace are filled with anger and are spewing hate.

There is an old saying that says, "To thine own self be true". This statement is a mouthful and it is a great personal lesson. You have to love and like yourself before you can truly love or like anyone else. "To have a Friend is to be a Friend" had to be from a person that had achieved inner peace. If your friendship is self centered and just revolving around you: this is not a friendship. Friendship is about sharing the joys and sorrows of life. One day we might give help and the next day we might need of it. Friendship is unconditional and it seems to be few and far between. We do not need to see our friends all the time because they are always with us in our hearts. Good friends have a special bond and there is a peaceful co-existence between you. You have to love yourself in order for you to have peace within and to have the ability to make a good friend!

When is the last time you helped someone just to help them? Have you ever been standing in a grocery line and the person in front is a quarter short? Did you ever think how nice it might be if you gave them the quarter without expecting anything in return? Most people seem to be of the opinion that when they do something nice for someone, that the person that received the favor owes them. Some people go as far as to think that the people they helped should trip over themselves saying "Thank you" or they expect something in return. It is nice to receive a "Thank you"; but the real gift and the path to inner peace is in the giving.

If you are a complete person, love and take care of yourself, you tend to help people. Helping other people is one of the best ways to "get in touch" with our inner selves. When is the last time you just helped someone, without any judgment or need for thanks? It is not necessary for you to be appreciated or thanked. Even though "Thanks" are always appreciated; the feeling that you have when you help someone should be thanks enough!

How can we ever

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