Welcome to Love Notes from Rhonda.

And this song keeps moving through my mind.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth.

The peace that was meant to be.

Just.

Let there be peace on earth.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

You know it's so funny because most of my life I didn't think I was searching for peace.

I didn't think that was the thing.

If you asked me what I wanted, I wouldn't have said peace of mind.

I would have said full self expression.

I would have said fulfill my potential.

I would have said finding my purpose.

I would have said, you know, moving past my pain.

I would have said anything but peace of mind.

But really, when you get down to it, when you're fearless, when you really understand how you work, what you do gain is peace.

Peace of mind so that you can contribute to peace on earth.

The greatest gift we can give this world is having that peace.

Because when we are in peace, we don't lash out, we don't feel taken advantage of.

We don't argue just to argue.

We don't attack, we don't protect.

We know that we are responsible 100% for ourselves and that others are 100% responsible for them.

And we know when to connect and when to detach.

When we have peace with peace as our aim.

Not avoidance, not refusing to deal with anything.

Right?

Not that stuff, not ignoring, but peace.

I think most of my life I thought that I would get peace if I did avoid or ignore.

But that doesn't work.

I bet you know that now too.

Because avoiding or ignoring something only gives you that momentary momentary peace.

It doesn't give you long lasting peace because you avoiding, ignoring just cuts it off for a moment.

But it still lives within you.

It's still gnawing at you unless you really truly let it go.

So I invite us this holiday season to ask ourselves, what stands in the way of between us and having peace of mind?

What stands in between you and your peace of mind?

How do you keep yourself upset?

How do you keep yourself stuck?

How do you keep yourself in a slump?

How do you keep yourself less than at peace?

What are you worrying about?

What's fretting you?

What are your concerns?

Your goal is to find peace within any problem that you have.

Now one way to do that is to really embrace the notion that everything is happening for your good.

See, if you embrace everything is happening for your good, it's a heck of a lot easier to have peace, right?

It's a heck of a lot easier to have peace.

When in the middle of pain, in the middle of suffering, in the middle of frustration, in the middle of worry, you get to say, well, wait a minute, maybe this too is working for my good.

Maybe this too is happening on my behalf.

Maybe I don't know why or how yet, but what if this too is supporting me in some way that I can't see right now, but it'll eventually unfold?

If you believed full heartedly, wholeheartedly, that everything that's happening for you, to you, and for you is for your good, then peace is a lot easier to achieve.

Now, there are other tools to use, which I'll share in the coming days, but right now let's just focus on what would it take?

What's in the way of you experiencing true peace of mind?

Peace.

Peace that passes all understanding.

Peace.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

Let the there be peace on earth the peace that was meant to be.

Peace on earth Begins with me Begins with you.

It's a choice.

And really, at the end of the day, it's the ultimate gift we give ourselves, the ultimate result we gain.

And that, my friends, makes all the work worth it.

Until next time, be fearless.

I love you.