Peaceful Planet

Don’t think you’re changing the world if all you’re doing is whining about it

Not too far from where I live, there’s a women’s center where abortions are performed. There’s usually someone hanging around outside with a sign or pamphlets or a bible, and sometimes there’s a large group. They generally pace back and forth or just hang around. Sometimes they kneel and pray. Other times they hold up [...]

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The surprising truth: What compassionate communication is not

What others say and do may be the stimulus, but never the cause, of our feelings…our feelings result from how we choose to receive what others say and do, as well as from our particular needs and expectations in that moment. —Marshall Rosenberg Not long ago, a Facebook friend—one of those friends of a friend [...]

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Find Your Missing Peace

This we have now is not imagination. This is not grief or joy. Not a judging state, or an elation, or sadness. Those come and go. This is the presence that doesn’t. ~Rumi An excerpt from Find Your Missing Peace: A Practical Guide: Stop being nice and get real Acting nice about something when you’re [...]

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Warning: You might be talking to a recording

Have you ever talked with someone and felt like it was impossible to get through, to get the person to understand what you mean no matter how hard you tried? Did it seem like everything you said got twisted around or the person kept finding some “hidden meaning” in what you were saying? Did the [...]

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Raise your expectations, let go of the outcome

A lot of unhappiness or lack of peace stems from discontent with the way things are. Surprise, surprise. Your job sucks. Traffic isn’t budging—again. Your husband forgot it was his turn to cook dinner or your wife forgot it was hers. Your child’s school grades are beyond disappointing, and your long-planned island vacation was so [...]

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