Peace

Peace is more than lack of war. Peace, in the holistic sense, is the presence of unstressed well being. This does not require robust health. To the contrary, I have known rare people who were at peace moments before losing final consciousness prior to their deaths. I have known many more who never achieved that peace up to the moment of death.

I speculate that there can be no universal peace, in the sense of lack of aggression and war, until all human beings are committed to individual peace. Achieving individual peace takes practice of conscientious methods to attain it. Meditation, education, communication, physical health maintenance, etc.. Dedicating myself to personal peace is a contribution to universal peace.