In the midst of unsettling news and events, in the midst of innumerable daily responsibilities, in the midst of unmet physical and emotional needs — the calm and peace that you’re looking for is within you.
When we are calm and poised, we can see clearly, think sanely and be of the most service to others. When we are calm and centered, we find balance in our hearts and our minds -- a partnership between love and reason -- and offer our best selves to the cause of our conviction. When we are calm, we can express our highest selves and rise above the fray to solve our problems with a level of thinking that is above the thinking we used to create them.
This calm is not a pie-in-the-sky, euphemistic idea but a truth that can be utilized and depended upon. It is a state of being that is necessary to manifest the dreams of our individual lives and the goals of our collective national ideals.
And the great news is that this calm is within you. It patiently waits for you to set aside the time and space to sit in focus and quiet so it can rise up and settle around you like the beautiful fragrance of a summer day.