WE STAY PEACED...FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

Blinding flash of the obvious: Our life is lived by God using our free-will choices...which He is ever perfecting for the benefit of all.

I had a recent experience that I suspect...or hope...will mark a turning point for me in awareness.  

Long/short: I shared in a meeting of friends a recent experience that had rattled me. One person suggested that I should have shared my experience first, and maybe only, with my mentor; another suggested that my share was not acceptable. I did not pushback, I let it perc till the end of our get-together. Unplanned, I thanked them both for in the interval my mind was opened. I admitted that they helped me recognize my share was based on my outdated experience, and I appreciated being brought up to date.  

In reading Merton this morning, I realized that I experienced the essence of nonviolence: ...if we are mature and objective in our open-mindedness, we may find that by viewing things from a basically different perspective--that of our adversary--we may discover our own truth in a new light and are able to understand our own ideal more realistically.

I suspect while learning to live nonviolence that I will try to duplicate my experience, and there is a self-determined objective aborning. Sometime our efforts are necessary to bring us to the realization that our efforts are unnecessary. 

God acts through us as needed (just as he did amongst the three of us recently). It is staying calm in the midst of the moment that counts.

 
We stay peaced, knowing God can, will and does always act for the shared benefit of all.

Thank you.