It’s a thought provoking comment.

If one is religious, then the issue of personal inner peace is half resolved! Blind faith as therapy worked for me at a critical time in my life - I turned it all over to a higher power, as the say in Alcoholics Anonymous.
I was my own goddess in a troubled universe and that naïveté nearly drove me into the abyss.
Suffice it to say that I learned acceptance. What control does an individual have over proxy wars being waged by imperialism on the other side of the world? None. But I cannot allow empathy and compassion to fade into the shadows. One can be human. Do what I can in my immediate sphere to ease hearts. Embrace suffering without absorbing the pain of others. Death and renewal, loss and rejection. Beauty that fades, like love.
Wisdom is won by inner mortal combat!
I scoff at psycho babble, yet I found gratitude and humility hidden in its interstices. Life is full of little life-changing ironies, don’t you think?
Individualistic america is a broken dream. I believe in hive power where there are no queens. A Utopian dream? Perhaps a broken one, like democracy. Institutionalized religion which turns men into monsters. It’s morphed into a power that hardens brutality, opposed to what the books actually teach.
It’s the human condition. In his teachings, Lord Buddha came pretty close to taming the beast within us.
The west, esp 🇺🇸 Would have us believe we all stand on solitary hills. Animals work as collectives. And humans are animals. We forget that.
The comet which is meant to hit earth in 300 years may well hit us tomorrow. Better enjoy green leaves, cool water, lucid stars of today.
At the tail end of my life, I hang onto every moment, be that pain or fleeting joy. That gives me peace.
Gosh, this needs a whole chapter!
Be well. Be safe. ❤️🙏🏽
And as always, thank you for reading my work. I’m humbled.