I remember a former Gatorade tagline that asked, “Is it in you?” I suspect the “it” either referred to a high level of athleticism or perhaps their product, but today I’d like to ask that question about peace. Is peace in you?
I’m no guru, but I think it is. I think we all have peace within us, it’s just that most us don’t spend much time experiencing that space. The peace within you may be strangled with overgrown and largely unimportant drama, anxiety of things beyond your control or the hectic lives we tend to create for ourselves.
But it’s always there, like a perpetual flame, waiting to be discovered. Or rediscovered.
In fact, I bet you can access the space of peace within you right now. Slide your chair back from your desk. Close your eyes. Fold your hands comfortably in your lap. And take three very deep breaths, wearing a slight smile on your face. That’s the place of peace – and you just made the choice to experience it.
When each of us consciously accesses this space of peace within, a curious thing happens: We can make a gift of our peace to the many lives we touch each day. We can interact with the world in a way that lifts it up.
Is it in you?
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