This picture. Inspired this poem.
Life does not promise to bring you peace,
it is not what you expect, or prepare for,
You do not control your Destiny,
You only control your own reaction
to all that is hurled at you.
Even the planets were created
by bits and pieces of rock, in space,
bombarding into each other,
until the masses they created
pulled together by gravity,
pulled them toward the center
and created a sphere,
When life throws rocks at you,
you can react
with anger, fear, sadness,
or Love,
a love so powerful that nothing tears it down,
and you remain centered,
calm
secure
at peace.
“Where there is hatred, sow love,
where there is injury, pardon,
where despair, sow hope,
where there is sadness, joy,”1
“When they poison your lives,
sweeten their souls,
Become ye a center of attraction,
Think ye at all times of rendering some service
to every member of the human race,
Be ye sincerely
KIND.” 2
1 prayer of St. Francis of Assissi
2 quote from the Baha’i writings
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