WHERE IS THE PEACE?

This speaks my heart today.  It is a Taoist prayer I was given.

"If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart."

I may not be able to make peace in Israel/Gaza/Afghanistan. 
I may not be able to make peace amid the diversity of opinions in this country. 
I may not be able to make peace in my city or neighborhood, that is full of haves and have nots. 
I may not even be able to make peace in my home. 
However, I choose to make peace within my heart today; to be content with what I have and who I am, to speak words of comfort and forgiveness within myself, to connect with my higher power and rest in the peace I find there. 
Then, I choose to bring that inner peace to those I encounter this day.