Here’s a thought: want to cultivate inner peace? Stop avoiding inner conflict.
What happens when a fight breaks out and nobody does anything about it? It continues.
And in many cases: it escalates.
It takes the brave bystander to step in before things start to settle; the courageous cop to heave themselves into the middle of a barrage of fists; the over-worked and under-rested parent to draw the line and invoke discipline before the family feuds finally dissipate.
It’s the willingness to confront conflict that leads to peace.
Not the willingness to peacefully ignore conflict in hope that it resolves itself.