Peace Within

In creation I find love. From green rolling hills to deep dark forests there is love. I walk lightly through the fields with each step being an act of appreciation for the gift of God that is bestowed on all who walk here. What a wonderful gift each life is. What wonderful company are our fellow creatures. What a blessing it is to be given the opportunity to love. On every street corner, at every bus stop and train station. In cafes and restaurants or just walking down the sidewalk. We can love at every turn. Why would we choose not to? Why would we choose violence and fear. Why would we waste precious energy on rage and hatred? It is an affront to our loving God that we throw the gift of love into the gutter and spit on it. It's a blasphemy to produce weapons of war instead of places of healing and learning. It is a sin to make our lakes and oceans sewers of fetid waste instead of the cradle of life and the sustainer of us all that they were meant to be. Tears come to my eyes when I imagine the pain we put our earthly mother through but the tears are sweet, born of love.
I have no enemies. Granted, there may be misguided people that consider me their enemy, but that is their burden, not mine. Each day I pray that my spirit will not be weighed down with hate, only lifted by love. In my love, I find my peace and I will not surrender that. In the end, our inner peace is all we have. It cannot be taken, only given. It is only they who have lost their peace that seek to destroy it in others. It is them who are tormented and I try with all my might to feel compassion for them for it is they who need it most but appreciate it least. This is the greatest burden of compassion, to love those who only hate.