Peace, it seems to me, is the calm in the storm, a moment of respite in an avalanche. It is a state that can last but a moment.

The same can be said for a peaceful soul: it isn’t that the life of a man at peace doesn’t experience the humdrum of daily life, but that the peaceful man resists being taken on a ride on the tiger’s back, and instead focuses with great clarity on the peace he wants in his life, eventually creating  it, moment by moment, despite the humdrum. In as such, it is an inner state that can project itself upon the world around us.

Christmas reminds us that we all should be seeking peace and stability, seek to bring the chaos around us to its natural conclusion, whatever that may be. It reminds us that we are the masters of our lives and should not be set adrift by the constant changes around us, but instead work hard to understand the nature and stages of the things around us and bring it to a state that can endure: peace.