Purpose Driven Hope

It is hard not think of the sixties along with the hippies when talking about peace; however that is not truly my idea of peace. I do not think of it as all happiness, it is more as being calm in the middle of the storm. It’s when you are in harmony with your environment and life. Peace is when you understand your fears and are willing to confront them. Peace does not mean not having problems it just means that you do not rage on without finding solutions. It is when you have done everything that you wanted to do when you wanted to do it and there are no regrets. You don’t have to prove anything anymore and you are just left with this immense feeling of satisfaction. It’s like after you have a great meal, you did not eat in excess, but it was very satisfying and thus you are just content, nothing else matters at that moment but the simple feeling of satisfaction, of self-fulfillment. A lot of people strive to achieve this peaceful life when in reality its not of peace as a whole that we should worry about but those individual moment s when you are truly satisfied with your life and what your have done with it. It does not matter what others think of you or of your life style it is all about achieving that equilibrium of that moment. There is a small wonder, a small moment of happiness, in achieving that equilibrium that can make your entire day worth it. It’s like they say, it’s not the big things but the small ones that make life worth it. A small moment of peace and happiness can go a long way. It doesn’t mean we should stop pursuing world peace but it means that we have at least taken a step to being one step closer to that goal. It all comes down to the individual; if you are not in peace with yourself then you can not be at peace with anyone. There really isn’t a good picture when it comes to thinking about peace. It all becomes a lie. In some ways you could say that the media and politics have managed to give us a distorted version of what peace really is. They have forced us to think that it is about living carefree. However, reality is very different in that peace is differs for every individual. As for myself peace means having a well-rounded satisfying life, one in which we are all willing to give and to receive. It is a challenge if not impossible not to think of hippies when peace is mention, however if we dwell deeper than the surface the flaws of this ill-suited image become apparent. The reality of peace and be found beyond all that false sense of careless-happiness. You can not reach peace if you are too involved with yourself. Contrary to popular belief, that you have to think of yourself first, in this case thinking about someone else is managing your own well being. If you become self less there is a greater chance of you being able to achieve that peace that we all long for. And if we all achieve that level of peace is it not possible for world peace to finally be achieved?