Finding Peace in today's world

The world today seems so chaotic. How do we find peace with conflict all around us? People babble off they want "world peace", yet there is so much violence, can peace be achieved?

Isaiah 26:3 ~ You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Peace must start within, how can we expect to find peace in the world around us if our own hearts are filled with conflict? There can not be found peace in the hearts of those who hate, see the ugly, desire to speak loudly the negative and tear down. The conflict between peace and outrage is the same conflict with good and evil. While good will prevail in the long war, evil certainly can drag down the heart and soul. I listen to silly political ads, one side wants war, they declare they will never stop fighting our President, hmm the man we voted into office with the majority of the people to achieve a better country to live in. They rather fight than work with someone to achieve great things in peace.

"When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world." - Maha Ghosananda

It is easier to find peace in nature than the city. Nature has colors, smells and sounds of wind blowing or cripple creek. City is filled with human made noise of vehicles, machinery, trains, crime, and loud voices. Once again the city tends to show off more of the hateful hearts with destruction, looting, graphitie, protest and riots. While nature can have "natural disasters" that can change the landscape it is still more peaceful than manmade noise and hate.

"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace" - Amelia Earhart