Thursday, August 30, 2012

Peace


     I am big on keeping the peace.  If it means that I never talk to you again and avoid you like the plague to keep the peace, so be it.  I am not the young hot head of my youth.  I have mellowed with age and somewhere along the way grew a longer fuse.  Life is simply too short to go looking for trouble, so I strive to keep the peace and avoid it at all costs. 

      In preparation for writing this prompt I checked out some peace quotes that were uttered by the famous because when I sat down and really thought about peace I found myself singing “Silent Night”.  You know “Sleep in heavenly peace!”  I used to sing this as a lullaby to each of my kids when they were little.  When you think about it, unless you are having a scary nightmare where some evil a$$ is chasing you with a hatchet and pushing you off a cliff to your impending death, when you are sleeping you are at peace.  Being a stay at home mom of two I can testify that when the natives are restless it is hard to keep the peace.  The only way for me to keep my sanity is enforce the peace.  I have a special case of Whoop A$$ for just those occasions and I am not afraid to use it.  My kids know not to go there.

       Albert Einstein once said “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”  He was saying a mouthful there.  My son demands understanding.  He is determined to get his point across no matter how loud he has to be to achieve it.  He needs more than the evil eye to get the message.  However, he is a tricky bird because if you don’t give some acknowledgement that you sympathize with his point of view you will get absolutely no where.  With my daughter, I only have ever had to go ballistic once or twice and she knows not to go there.  A dirty look in her direction does the trick every time.





         Buddha once said “Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.”  I don’t think this means you have to meditate to find peace.  I just think it means you have to be content with what you have in life, where you are at, and what you are doing.  I am finally at a place where I am happy to be content with what I have, where I am, and with what I am doing.  Why be anything but?   



          My favorite quote of all came from Mother Theresa who said “Peace begins with a smile.”  How can anyone be at odds with someone who is grinning like an idiot at them?  Smiles make me feel all warm and cozy inside.  A smile is the best gift you can give to someone else.  Whether people like it or not, they usually get my big toothy grin.  Well in most circumstances.  When I am pi$$ED to the teeth, you may just get the bird. After all, if I am mad, you only deserve half of the peace sign.   The best thing I got out of 6 years of torture and hell at the hands of my orthodontist was my grin and I am not afraid to use it either.  My giggle came later when I adopted that half past give a $hit outlook on life.  It was at that point that I quit taking things so seriously. I find peace by avoiding the habitual drama queens and $hit stirrers.  If that is what you are all about, it won’t take me long to figure it out.  Once or twice, I may just wonder who exactly pi$$ed in your Wheaties, and be so bold to ask you giving you the benefit of the doubt.     I am at peace in my life.  I no longer let things out of my control upset me for long.  There is just no point.


         I have adopted the motto of “Don’t worry, be happy!”  If everyone would do that and share the love, there would be a lot more peace going on around the world until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker‘s wife.

11 comments:

  1. I'm with you on the peace thing. When I moved back I swore I was done with conflict. Unfortunately the one person that makes me so incredibly angry and want to scream, yell and say hateful things is my mom. It really was so much easier living on the west coast with 3200 miles b/t us. It was hard enough to endure the 2 hour conversations on Sunday. Now I have to see her every week. That's the only source of my half the peace sign and cans of whoopass, unfortunately. Other than that, everything's awesome! :D

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    1. JoJo, that is too bad that your mom is like that. At least everything else in life is good and you have your fiance. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments!

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  2. What a great attitude! i too have calmed down in my years but there are certain little things that just make me want to snap. When popping pop their gum or smack their food i want to reach out and smack them. The good thing is that now i just give them the stink eye and walk away.
    I loved Mother Teresa and all her quotes.
    Peace!

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    1. Holli,it is a good thing that the stink eye works because I think getting that pi$$ed off would force me to blow a blood vessel which wouldn't be good for my health at all! LOL I loved the Mother Theresa quotes. That lovely lady had a lot of great things to say. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments!

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  3. I can't even imagine you with an pen can of whoop ass. lol. But like most mommies I am sure you rise up when needed!

    Peace is good for the soul and the body and mind. Let's just stay there. :-)

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    1. Jo, peace is a good thing. I can get as mad as the best of them. Got really wild when I was young. LOL Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments!

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  4. LOLOL "HALF THE PEACE SIGN" hehehehe you always say.write. something i have NEVER heard before!! ADORE YOU SWEET KATHY! and especially THOSE GIGGLES!!! I concur with most of what you wrote..except have you ever seen an angry smile? Now there is some scary shit..lol yah..they are smiling a half peace sign type of smile.

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  5. I am big at keeping peace too, but to do so, I ignore half the human population and barely manage to speak to the other half. But then I am responsible for my sense of peace, and if I have to do so, so be it! And my boys know where I draw the line, and never push it

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    1. Ritu, you and I sound a lot alike!! LOL Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments!! ♥

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  6. As always Kathy, a very entertaining post.

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    1. Suzy, thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments~! ♥ I am so pleased you enjoyed it.

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