We can choose peace you know. It is up to each and everyone of us how we choose, and what we choose. We can choose the angry retort or rebuke, the mild disagreement, or the gentle deflection. We can choose to turn the other cheek, or to take up arms. We can choose the angry fist or the proffered handshake. We can choose civil disobedience that is non-violent, or we can choose a riotous destructive display of civil disobedience.
We make these choices every day of our lives, in our daily interactions with family, friends, co-workers, business associates and strangers. Most of us do not think about the fact we are making a choice, but we are. Every single interaction is a choice.
And the reality is, the choices that reflect peace make our day and our lives much easier. There is less fallout for choosing peace than there is for choosing anger and contention. That is part of the problem with peace: the ripples that radiate from our peaceful choices are small and do not attract attention. The ripples that radiate from our angry and violent reactions are so large that they do attract attention, and usually require a response. A peaceful choice can easily go unnoticed. An angry one usually cannot.
So as 2014 comes to a close, and 2015 begins, what is your choice?
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