Words from the wise
I'm trying to live by this Let it hurt. Let it bleed let it heal. Let it go Let there be peace on earth—and let it begin with me... Not with someone else. Not somewhere distant. Not when circumstances are perfect or the world finally changes. But here. Now. With me. Peace begins the moment I return to my breath—that quiet, sacred rhythm anchoring me in the present. It begins when awareness enters my daily life: how I move, how I choose, how I show up in the simplest moments. Let peace begin in the way I speak to myself when I fall short. In the pause I take before reacting. In the kindness I choose when patience feels thin. In the forgiveness I offer when holding onto pain feels easier. Let it begin at home, in the gentleness I offer those closest to me. Let it reach my community, through compassion extended to friends, strangers, and even those I do not understand. Let it live in my daily choices—to respond with curiosity instead of judgment, with love instead o...