Have you ever heard the saying, “If you aren’t outraged, then you aren’t paying attention?”  After all, with all the suffering in the world right now, is the choice to stay calm and centered or happy the right response? How can we stay alert and aware of what’s going on in the Ukraine, with COVID, the climate crisis, rising food prices, etc. etc. and not feel motivated to respond with outraged action?  Actually, there is another way. And that way is called the Tao.  I was recently given an excellent reminder of that possibility when asked to review the book, The Tao of Inner Peace by Diane Dreher Ph.D.  While I’m not exactly a stranger to the Tao, this book offered me clear instruction and insight as to why our inner peace is so very primary.  And the more chaotic the circumstances in the world and in our lives, the more we need to access that inner peace.  For it is only there that we can ever truly make a difference for ourselves and others. [Read more…]