"The very least you can do in your life is figure out
what you hope for. And the most you can do is live
inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but
live right in it, under its roof."
Barbara Kingsolver
There is nothing worse than a person being carried through life as though he is riding on an escalator. Maintaining tunnel vision or simply not caring about anything, he is moved through life as though he were a puppet. The opposite would be if he were to unrealistically cling to impossible fantasies with repetitious disenchantments. He would create a life filled with drama. So, how does one determine purpose and interject it into every day life?
I no longer sit and wonder, 'what if' and then try to imagine the future. I have given up wondering when leadership will finally be for the good of all men. I have discontinued calculating what major event would initiate everyone to wake up. I live a life with hope for peace beginning with my self.
Within my being, I kindle light to be shared outwards towards others that hopefully will trigger some uplifting thought or action. I visualize sick friends wrapped in layers of warm love for healing. For all children, I pray for no more abuse and for appropriate nurturing, covering their wounded little souls with light and love. This is my peace cultivated under my own roof. It is my hope that I will carry this compassionate light out into the world and that this will be peace.
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