Peace is the joy we find within when we approve of and love ourselves and when we approve of and love all others.

Peace is not an unattainable state of being. It is a choice. When we choose to honor and respect ourselves by loving ourselves, then we find that peace is the result of those choices. After we do that for the self, then the next step is to look at others and provide the same for them.

During this time of year, we gather our family and our friends around us to create the sensation of peace but peace is not a sensation, it’s a state of being. Remember this as you move forward. The Christmas season helps us to feel the sensation of peace. That gives us only a small window to experience peace because soon the holidays are over and we begin into the new year, forgetting to hold onto the sensation of peace.

The sensation of peace allows us to feel what that state of being is like, but it’s our job, our right, to hold the state of peace all throughout the year. Going into the new year, I would like you to realize that you have the option, you have the choice, to continue with that sensation of peace. Choose to stand in that state of being rather than just grazing the surface, feeling the sensation of peace.

For those who are struggling and suffering, for those who feel alone, unwanted and unneeded, look within the self to find the state of peace rather than condemn others or the self for not having support, for not feeling the sensation of being connected to other beings.

Do not allow anyone else to rob you of the right to your state of peace. Choose, just choose for the self, and it will exist.

You will be tested from time to time on your belief and on the depth of your ability to stand in the state of peace. However, recognize when those tests come and do not allow them to continue to challenge you. Instead, dissolve them with your love.

Blessed are those souls who choose to stand in the state of peace because it’s a battle of the ego. You battle yourself, not external forces.

I want to take this opportunity to express my love to all and my sincere wish for everyone to enjoy this time of the holiday season, where we may experience a glimpse of the sensation of peace. And I wish for you all to take that sensation of peace and incorporate it, weave it, into your life going forward so that you may feel the state of peace always within. That is my wish for you.

With many blessings from my heart and love.

~Isa