We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us to see their own images and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even a fiercer life because of our silence. - William Butler Yeats
Contrary to what some people believe, we do not take on, or internalize, the peace or the turmoil in our surroundings, we contribute to the states around us.
It is said that the inner world reflects the outer world. Unless you experience a state of being within, you will not be able to share it with others.
For example, peaceful surroundings will not make a person feel peaceful unless they are already in a state of peace. Just as chaos and turmoil will not make a person chaotic or violent unless they are already conflicted.
Beth
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