We are born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
In the silence, ask to learn how to give of yourself, how to forgive others, and how to live with gratitude. Thus, we need not seek inner peace: Peace will find us!
Blessed are you who forgive without remembering and you who receive forgiveness without forgetting.
Even as the silence exposes my subtle deceptions, my inauthenticity, my "sins" (much deeper than a mere catalog of misdeeds) -- it exposes at the same time God's unconditional love for me:
