Peace of mind is an inside job, unrelated to fame, fortune, or whether your partner loves you.*
Anne Lamott

Where there is peace, there is no fear. Where there is fear, there is no peace. So then, the journey for peace begins within our hearts … When you have won the battle, you now carry within you what the world desperately needs.**
Erwin McManus

I’m trying to live into my name Geoffrey,
It means Peace of God;
There will always be more battles without unless
I win the battle for peace within,
To become a person of connection and generous
in mercy and grace,
Slow to anger, steadfast in love –
Some list!,
My hardest work
across a lifetime, but I hope that one day,
You will be able to call me by my name.

It doesn’t have to begin with a name,
Only our desire to bring something precious into the world
for the prospering of others.

*Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything;
**Erwin McManus’ The Way of the Warrior.