"It is hard sometimes when the energy of our life is turned up side down. A person or event creates change and we may feel discomfort, struggle, self-doubt, emotional pain, fear, disappointment, anger or guilt. We may go to judgment and blame and call this person evil or this event unfair. Just like a death or loss of someone we love, we may spiral into layers of emotional upheaval.

The journey to peace has its own pathway. Each one of us has choices to make, responsibility to take, forgiveness to feel and compassion to live. Each of us has a chance to grow in consciousness. The truth is everything requires love ...every person and every experience. It is up to us to take our responsibility as all actions depend on what information lives in our hearts and our emotional history that has not been cared for. We must ask ourselves, what kind of happiness is achieved if at the expense of another person?

Fear will paralyze our ability to think and respond clearly. Everyone and everything that is embraced with fear is a gift for change. Faith will take you into compassion and allow the energy to change your direction. Use this moment to think with the highest of thought and express yourself with truth. Remember the love and try not to separate from the connection to your heart. Sit in the center of your experience with clarity and believe in each other."

Colleen Hoffman Smith