Peace is something that is so subjective it makes you wonder how we can agree on the definition. I think even if you asked the same person every year what peace is to them you wouldn’t get the same response year over year.
I am at peace when I am creating happiness for others. It sounds absurd because I feel what most people would think when they read that is that I enjoy feeling responsible for people’s happiness. Although that is true, that is not what I mean. Creating happiness to me is finding the best parts of people and helping them see it too.
Creating happiness is also caring for living beings. My dogs for example, taking them on a walk they have never been on before is one of the best things in this entire world to them and I am the one responsible for that, how exciting. Seeing their eyes light up when they realize they get to have a new experience makes me feel like I did everything right. No matter what I might have messed up on earlier in the day or what I may be stressed about – when I go on a new adventure with my dogs it all melts away.
Thinking about it, that is still creating happiness. That is my peace.
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