Peace and Joy

The way we feel is mostly determined by how we think. However tempting it is to project responsibility for our emotional reactions outward, it only takes us further away from peace. It increases our suffering and causes feelings of powerlessness, because we have little control over what happens on the outside. Others may be the catalyst for feelings that arise, but not the cause. When we learn to control our thinking and the stories we weave, we begin to see where peace and joy originate...

Within.