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Today's
Quotation:
If there is
righteousness in the heart there will be beauty in the
character. If there be beauty in the character,
there will be harmony in the home. If there is
harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be
peace in the world.
unattributed
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Today's
Meditation:
What's
in my heart? I know there's some righteousness, but
I'm not sure that it's always there for everyone to
see. Other things get in its way, and thus it's
possible that the beauty in my character isn't able to shine
as it should be able to shine. Does that mean that its
lack of ability to shine affects my character?
Probably. Which means that my character's lack of
ability to shine affects my home, and so on.
This
is a pretty strong statement, for it puts the responsibility
for world peace squarely on the shoulders of all of us as
individuals. If we can claim the righteousness that is
in our hearts and allow it to be our guiding force in life,
we can ultimately cause peace in the world. The
righteousness is there, but we have to make it one of the
guiding forces of our lives if it's to have any power at
all. It's like a car in the driveway--if we don't turn
it on and put it in gear and give the engine gas, then where
can it take us?
I
have to keep in mind, though, that there is no
"universal righteousness." What is righteous
for me may not be so for you, and that's okay, as long as
we're not hurting others. We each have our own hearts
and thoughts and drives, and we must be true to what we know
inside to be true. While priests and ministers can
talk a lot about what constitutes righteousness, the bottom
line is what we know in our hearts to be right and true.
Find
the righteousness in your heart, and live by it. It's
not always the easiest thing to find, because fear and doubt
do their best to keep it hidden, but it is always
there. And if we live by it, we're giving a great gift
to the world.
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