November 5, 2025- Choose Peace

Find peace in all things and play after every storm.

~Arthur Brooks

If we place ourselves on a comfortable chair on a comfortable day on a quiet beach, we can probably find a sense of peace rather quickly. If we pick up that same chair and drop ourselves onto a busy Manhattan sidewalk, it’s not so easy. Peace, however, is not something that happens to us, but it occurs within us. We can find it anywhere, under any circumstances.

While peace is readily available to us at all times and all places, we may have some trouble finding it all the time. That does not require us to admonish ourselves. That doesn’t mean we aren’t trying hard enough or that we are broken. Circumstances matter. We are trying to make observations of the world around us and to react to them. When we are in the midst of chaos, it may not always be easy to access our peace. When we are fighting through a storm, we may not be able to see the rainbow just yet.

Peace cannot be found on the outside. Peace can only be found within you. We can choose to access it anytime we wish. We do not have to create it; we need to expose it. We are not our circumstances; we are our choices. How we react to our circumstances is part of our agency and most of our power. Choose peace.