Feb 5 Retrieving the Compass

Many of us drift through life on autopilot, busy with day-to-day stuff. We made our choices when we were younger, and now we are merely living out those choices.
We usually don’t look at where we’re headed; we do what is expected. We do what we did yesterday or last year. We do what our parents did. We do what our neighbors do. We drift along with the tide and then complain about the direction we’re going.
But we aren’t going to drift into peace. If we want peace in our own lives and in the world, if we want a better world for our children and their children, we will have to take back control of our lives. To have peace we may not have to struggle or fight, but we do need to make a decision.