Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world – Etty Hillesum 

Mystics and wisdom keepers and spiritual leaders have, since we began incarnating as humans here on Earth, urged us to remember and embrace the responsibility we have to clean up what lies within us. To go within and attend to what isn’t peaceful, whole, loving… To take personal responsibility and make awakened choices.

Why?

Because they knew that this kind of individual consciousness-raising is how we end suffering and build a world that reflects our truest nature.

It is honorable and noble to work on yourself. You don’t need to prove it or advertise it or gather accolades…just go in, quietly, and do whatever piece of your personal work is next, at a pace that is right for you. When you do this, your contribution to all of humanity will be one of love, hope, light, and peace.