Dec 21, 2021 | Culture, Faith, Peacemaker
I used to have a magnet on my fridge with the saying, “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” “Being calm in your heart” is not easy work. That...
Nov 16, 2021 | Peacemaker
We visited the Philippines for the summer every five years starting when I was three years old. I didn’t have any cousins in the U.S. (until about age 10), while I had dozens of cousins in the Philippines. To give you an idea, my mom’s two sisters had 20 children...
Oct 1, 2021 | Culture, Faith
Long before I discovered the Enneagram, I embodied the traits of a type nine, the peacemaker. I sought balance above all things, pretended to sleep to avoid conflict, got lost in comfort and vices, and studied others, quickly empathizing and emulating them. Unaware of...
