Thursday, March 7, Lent, day 20
‘Do not let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.’ Dalai Lama.
That one sounds a little more easier said than done.
I recently stood at a counter-protest and listened to the vitriol from the protest. It was hard to keep my peace and it was hard to keep my calm.
I see comments and posts that are mean and hateful, and it is hard to keep my peace and hard to find a calm center.
I see governments making terrible decisions when it comes to caring for and protecting individuals in dire need and it makes my insides boil.
And all of this is why I need the peace that passes understanding so deep down in me that it cannot be shaken and to be a place for me to return to.
My simple prayer today is, again,
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on us all