Hello everyone,

I would like to let you all know that I still need to be more offline than online, so I will come back to the posts here or in the original thread later. Thank you very much for your attention and care… even the silent one. ❤️

I only wanted to share these beautiful thoughts. Roberta, thank you very much for recommending this book. It is helping me a lot to get back to myself. ❤️

WHAT WILL MAKE US SAFE?
Very often in a conflict, we believe the problem is the other person or group. We think it is all their fault and that if they would just stop doing what they are doing or being the way they are, we would have peace and happiness. So we may be motivated by the desire to destroy the other side. We may wish they didn’t exist. But looking deeply, we know that we are not the only ones who have suffered — they have also suffered. When we take time to calm ourselves down and look deeply into the situation, we can see that we are co-responsible, that we have co-created the conflict by our way of thinking, acting, or speaking, either individually or as a group or nation. We can look deeply to see our own part in the difficulty that has arisen and accept responsibility. When we see how we have contributed to the conflict, our heart opens again and dialogue becomes possible. We want to create the opportunity for ourselves to live in peace, in safety, in security, and also for the other side to live in peace, safety, and security. If you have this intention and you know how to include the other side in your heart, then you suffer less right away. The other side also wants to live in safety and peace. When we are motivated and animated by the desire to include, it’s very easy to ask the other side: “How can we best insure our mutual safety and happiness?” When we are able to ask that question, the situation can change on a deep level very quickly.

– How to Fight, Thich Nhat Hanh 🪷

Sending ☀️

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