Peace is defined as "Freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility." Almost everything in life is in search of this elusive treasure, police carry guns for peace, we work 40 hours a week for 40 or more years so that we may have enough money to retire and find relaxation and peace.
We as a society are willing to and go about our lives sacrificing peace in the present for peace in the future There is a fascinating scene that plays out in the 2016 film Risen, which sees a Roman Centurion being tasked to find the body of Jesus Christ which has gone missing.
Are all of our efforts to get peace at any cost worth the price we have to pay? Does our soul suffer in the long run? I am haunted by stories of peace never achieved, of those who sought and put aside present peace, only for it to be snatched from their hands, the police officer who never took vacations, put everything towards retirement and peace, only to be killed the week of retirement.
In the popular spy television program "Burn Notice," we see the hero Michael Weston is seeking to clear his name and find the people who ruined his life so he can be at peace.
Weston in a fit of anguish yells "I have given everything, my friends and family have moved on, and when I look in their eyes all I see is pity" in the end he saw his search for peace and justice had, in the end, destroyed that peace and made him lose everything that gave him peace.
Don't put off the good and best parts of life now in an effort to get peace later, that peace is not guaranteed and you may get to the end of the road and find as you reach out it will vanish like a mist at the end of dawn.
So focus on the now, don't take ethical shortcuts to find peace, take life as it is, enjoy it, and then you can experience the peace you seek at the end of the road in the here and now.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/03/the_ethical_dilemma_of_seeking_peace.html
We as a society are willing to and go about our lives sacrificing peace in the present for peace in the future There is a fascinating scene that plays out in the 2016 film Risen, which sees a Roman Centurion being tasked to find the body of Jesus Christ which has gone missing.
Are all of our efforts to get peace at any cost worth the price we have to pay? Does our soul suffer in the long run? I am haunted by stories of peace never achieved, of those who sought and put aside present peace, only for it to be snatched from their hands, the police officer who never took vacations, put everything towards retirement and peace, only to be killed the week of retirement.
In the popular spy television program "Burn Notice," we see the hero Michael Weston is seeking to clear his name and find the people who ruined his life so he can be at peace.
Weston in a fit of anguish yells "I have given everything, my friends and family have moved on, and when I look in their eyes all I see is pity" in the end he saw his search for peace and justice had, in the end, destroyed that peace and made him lose everything that gave him peace.
Don't put off the good and best parts of life now in an effort to get peace later, that peace is not guaranteed and you may get to the end of the road and find as you reach out it will vanish like a mist at the end of dawn.
So focus on the now, don't take ethical shortcuts to find peace, take life as it is, enjoy it, and then you can experience the peace you seek at the end of the road in the here and now.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/03/the_ethical_dilemma_of_seeking_peace.html
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