First Be at Peace with Yourself

I have been writing about being at peace with others in everyday interactions and as nations. It occurred to me this morning that I overlooked being at peace with ourtselves. Peace begins inside. How can we approach others in peace while turmoil stirs within us? There are often at least two sides of us on every issue affecting us. Our job is to give each a fair hearing just as we would in mediating a dispute between two other people. We might well find that both sides want the same thing but just have different ways of going about it. As with others, we need to begin by listening to ourselves.