philosophizing

in my sniffly misery, the last two days have been spent mostly at home, buried in a huge mound of kleenex (which mercy looooooves to shred). not a lot of interesting things to share. i have, however, been reading living buddha, living christ by thich nhat hanh, and here is my little excerpt that i bring to you, for today.

"our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. if we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us--our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states."

as someone who frequently has a fair amount of internal discord, this draws my attention to the importance of devoting some time and energy to reconciling my inner elements, before i go about trying to make peace on any larger scale. like with my puppy for instance.