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What It Means to Live Within Peace...

 

a yellow roseYou don't know you've lost Peace until you can't find it.  Sometimes you don't know you've lost Peace because you've never had it. 

Peace is not an absence of challenge or trial.  It is not a promise or guarantee of the avoidance of hardship.  Rather it is the stillness which draws from a deep well spring the knowledge that all that really matters...is well.

Peace is not about being popular or well-liked.  In fact maintaining it will sometimes require doing things which are deemed disagreeable and opposed.  However, Peace cannot be divorced from Truth and the Integrity to live a life which is free of duplicity.

Peace does not guarantee that you will never have aught with your fellow man.  However, it will provide the pre-requisite humility and wisdom to understand how to surrender in love knowing that the personal battles we fight are ultimately temporary in nature. Peace knows that real victory lies in understanding the profound and empowering universal truth of the power of Love. That is eternal.

Peace means you can look your enemy in the eye without malice in your heart because you know that the lessons he was sent to teach could never have been learned without the  pain of the gift of his strike.  Peace allows you to laugh again...It's not about forgetting about the wound, but being confident that the healing of the scar has made you stronger than you were before.

Peace is being able to leave it alone...lay it down.  It is the strength to walk away and be free from the temptation to look back. Peace is a good night's sleep & a refreshing wake-up in the morning.

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Lola Audu, CRS, GRI e-Pro ~ Audu Real Estate

Lola Audu, is the Designated Broker & Owner of Audu Real Estate.  Our company specializes in helping people buy and sell homes in the greater Grand Rapids, West Michigan area. You can contact us via e-mail @ info@auduhomes.com or by phone at 616-791-0511. Thanks for visiting our blog.  Here are links to some of our most popular posts for you to enjoy!

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16 comments • Lola Audu~Real Estate Broker/Owner Grand Rapids, Michigan Real Estate • February 09 2008 10:59PM

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Lola, There is so much truth in your post! One of the fundamental tenants Buddhism teaches is that to end suffering, we must stop wanting. The trap is that wanting to stop wanting is a want in and of itself. The way, as I see it, and have accomplished it, is to practice what you have expounded upon in your post. If we look not at loss, but at gain, if we are thankful for what we have and not what we lack, if we look at our experiences in terms of what we learn from, then we will achieve peace. We will not want but be grateful for what we receive, and magically, we will not suffer and be at peace!
Posted by Matt Grohe RE/MAX Des Moines (RE/MAX Real Estate Concepts) over 4 years ago

My lovely grandmother used to have such a serene look on her face when things were at its toughest for her.  One of things I remember her saying is "Peace is a calm inviting feeling deep inside of you" and "accept the invitation". 

How beautiful Lola.  

Posted by Kris Wales - Macomb County MI real estate blog & homes for sale search site (Keller Williams Realty - Lakeside Market Center) over 4 years ago
Lola, we can have peace in all circumstances, a peace that passes understanding, just have to quiet those thoughts in our heads down to recognize it.
Posted by Missy Caulk-Ann Arbor-Realtor® Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams-Ann Arbor) over 4 years ago

Lola,

Great post! And Peace is super natural!!! Thanks,   Fran

Posted by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.) over 4 years ago
Lola...I love the saying "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."  As long as you return to your peaceful place after an incident you cannot fail.  Beautiful post.
Posted by Robin Lundholm Cape May Vacation Homes (Jersey Cape Realty, Inc.) over 4 years ago

Lola...

I shall sing on this one...

Lay down. Lay down. Lay it all down. La La La :)

Okay. I'm done. Time for me to fly away with my freedom to chose peace. 

Got me a buried point in there :)  

TLW...ROAR! 

Posted by "The Lovely Wife" (Broker Bryant's Wife) The One And Only TLW. (President-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.) over 4 years ago
You have shared some profound thoughts Matt.  Thank you very much.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
Kris, Thank you for sharing about your grandmother.  She knew what she was talking about.  What a wonderful gift to have that heritage in your life as a example.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
Yes Missy...that peace that is "beyond understanding" is present within right relationship with God.  It is a deep resonance which defies the logic of the circumstances swirling around us at times.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
Thank you Fran.  True peace is a gift from God.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
Thank you Robin.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
TLW...I don't think I know the melody to that song...but enjoyed making up my own. :)  Yes, my Friend...choose peace!  Thank God we can.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago

Lola, how very lovely. Thank you for sharing your heart. We were talking about this at church the other night. Peace is also being with God, not separated.

Posted by Dena Stevens ~ Putting the 'real' into REALTOR (Century 21 Canon Land & Investment) over 4 years ago

Very profound thought and aspiration Lola - peace comes with the steep curve of learning to see the wisdom of the lessons all around that come with choices as options.

;)    

Posted by Deborah Pearce (Styling, Staging, Sales and Business. ) over 4 years ago
Thank you for your comment Dena.  It's only the Peace of God that transcends all understanding. God is Peace and also gives us His Peace.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago
Hi Deborah...Thanks for stopping by to share your insights in this discussion.
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago

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