If there is light in the soul,
There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.
This is the truth isn’t it? It comes from Shonnie Lavender’s Website. Shonnie is a gifted coach, teacher, speaker and author. She is a member of the Secretan faculty Team and the author of a wonderful new book called I Do! I Do! The Marriage Vow Workbook
I was in Denver last week while the 10th Anniversary World Peace Jam was being held with the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners in attendence – the city was vibrating. Another reminder that World Peace begins with personal peace – this is one of the ways we can benchmark the quality of our own leadership. This is how our own leadership, in turn, contributes to changing the world.
Lance, it was a delightful surprise to see my name come up on your site today! Thank you for your loving acknowledgments!!
Your passing on of this quote reminds me of one of the things I think you are so effective at teaching AND modeling–WE create the world we live in. Instead of projecting our fears or reluctance onto others, we can exercise COURAGE and act, regardless of how others respond. I know that it is often easy to sit back, point out what I don’t like about the world, and complain how so little is being done to change the situation. When I instead choose to contribute to these situations my individual soul light–no matter how big or small I perceive it to be–I become more beautiful, add more harmony to my home, restore order in my nation, and ultimately cultivate more peace in our world.
Lance, the World Peace Jam sounds like it was a very powerful and moving event. What strikes me about this dicussion of “One”-ness is the inconnectedness between all things. Thank you for sharing Lavendar’s words… they are true. I have a question: How do you intergrate mulitculturalism( escpecially with regard to race) into the idea of personal power?