Turning predictions inside out

Create peace and justice from the inside out. Did anyone ever tell you that you wouldn't amount to anything? Are you living out that false prophecy? Did anyone say you are making the wrong choice of career? job move? educational goal? course selection? Did you prove that person right? or wrong?

We allow other people's false views to become our reality. Why?

We must take responsibility for our own outcome, not follow the predictions of others. How do we break through those abusive labels and create healthy labels of our own? By rejecting those false views and creating goals that fulfill our own dreams.

We can write goals for anything we desire, and by taking action, make them come true. But then, only we are responsible for the joyful results that we attain.

I learned that children should be seen and not heard; that ladylike behavior means acting in a non-assertive manner. I had to unlearn those "rules" before I could speak my mind and disagree without being disagreeable. It took lots of practice.

I still feel afraid and consider my words very carefully before I disagree with another person or speak up when I feel that justice is not being served. But when I finally express my views, I know that I am contributing toward a more peaceful world.

Creating peace and justice from the inside out means taking care of our personal peace and justice in order to show proof to others that it can indeed be accomplished.