Make your life a living prayer by intention, alignment, humility, and surrender. Be kind to everything and everyone, including yourself all the time, with no exception. - Dr. David HawkinsIf there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart. - Lao-tse, Chinese Philosopher, 6th Century BCOnly BreathNot Christian or Jew or Muslim,not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.Not any religion or cultural system.I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all.I do not exist, am not an entity in this world or in the next, did not descend from Adam and Eve or any origin story.My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul.I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, outer, inner, only that breath breathing human being.- written by Jalal ad-Din Rumi of the 13th Century & translated by Coleman BarksNo more words. Hear only the voice within. Rumi--------------Another way that you love your enemy is this:When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy,that is the time which you must not do it.There will come a time, in many instances,when the person who hates you most,the person who has misused you most,the person who has gossiped about you most,the person who has spread false rumors about you most,there will come a time whenyou will have an opportunity to defeat that person.It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job;it might be in terms of helping that personto make some move in life.That's the time you must do it.That is the meaning of love.In the final analysis,love is not this sentimental something that we talk about.It's not merely an emotional something.Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men.It is the refusal to defeat any individual.When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power,you seek only to defeat evil systems.Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love,but you seek to defeat the system.loving your enemies - martin luther king jr. - 1957