I choose me today. Because somewhere between yesterday’s heartbreak and this morning’s breath, I finally learned the lesson Spirit kept whispering: I cannot control my family. I cannot control my community. I cannot control this world spinning wild on its axis. But I can change me. From that deep-down place where Spirit is pure, where peace is not a dream but a dwelling place, I woke up unhooked from the chaos of the world. I choose me today. I choose a life that is peaceful,

I am beginning to notice a grumbling amongst my colleagues these days. Folks all around me seem to be very stressed about the holidays. They