I was sent this beautiful piece written by Debra Engle and I can’t keep it to myself. May you be blessed by this simple prayer and reflection.
“Years ago, in one of my A Course in Miracles classes, a friend shared a story that stayed with me. There had been some tension in her family—friction that she didn’t know how to fix. She didn’t try to control it or force a solution. Instead, she said a quiet prayer: “Let there be peace in my little corner of the world.”
And something beautiful happened. The situation that seemed unresolvable began to soften. The conflict healed in an unexpected way. Peace arrived—not through effort or strategy, but through invitation.
That simple prayer has stayed with me. Peace in my little corner of the world. It can sound small, even selfish, in a world that often feels like it's falling apart. But it isn’t. It’s wise. Because none of our little corners exist in isolation. We live in adjacency. Our lives overlap. Our energies intermingle. Our hearts beat in rhythm with one another’s, whether we’re aware of it or not.
So when I ask for peace in my corner, I’m not saying “just for me.” I’m saying, “Let it begin here.” Let my corner be the starting place. Let this be where peace plants its roots—so it can grow into something larger, something shared. Because from a peaceful place, I can extend peace. I can speak and act from peace. I can think peaceful thoughts and offer peaceful energy. And maybe—just maybe—peace will seep from my corner into yours.
Imagine if we all did that. Imagine if every one of us made peace—not success, not approval, not wealth, not even perfect health or relationships—but peace the priority. If each of us said: Let me think with a mind of peace. Let me see through the lens of peace. Let me speak with the voice of peace. Let divine love move through me, in whatever way it needs to, to reach someone else’s corner.
That’s not passive. That’s not small. That is a mighty act of healing.”
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
