Why Do We Say/Write Rest In Peace And Not Live In Peace?

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Often times we see obituaries of others, we write or say 'rest in peace.' It has become a common epitaph. We wish them rest in peace when they are gone. We never thought of how we lived with them when they were alive with us. Do we ever give them peace of mind?

Osheku A ISAAC

Living in peace is about living harmoniously with ourselves, others, and all sentient beings around us. While we will find out our own meanings of peaceful existence and outward manifestations of a peaceful life according to our beliefs and lifestyles, there are some basics underpinnin living in peace that cannot be overlooked, such as being non-violent, being tolerant, holding moderate views, and celebrating others, celebrating wondrous-life and positivities. It's a journey and way of life that ultimately only us can be responsible for, it can be learned.......

Understand that living in peace is both an inward and outward process. We live in peace with ourselves and others. Inwardly, each of us need to cultivate peace. This means understanding and overcoming fear, anger, intolerance, and lack of social skills that causes violence for our personal being. For in continuing to ignore the rage within the storm outside will never subside. The outward is a way of life in which we respect and love each other in spite of our cultural, religious, and political differences.

There's something that comes to my mind when we wish others to rest in peace. Do we live in peace with them before and now? Do we live in peace with ourselves? Is our minds peaceful? Do we ever desire to live in peace now and afterwards for ourselves? Do we show them love when they were alive? It is better not to say/write rest in peace when you never loved them while alive, when you were a problem to them, when you never allowed them have peace of mind, when you were not happy about their success..... We grow each day, living in hatred and evil thoughts either from us to others or from them to us. How do we live in harmony without blemishes?  The dangerous thing is we do not have peace for ourselves when we hate others, it automatically become a trouble in our minds, we think about them often, we became sad when we hear about them and we are not at peace too because of our hatred for them. This is not worthy if we must live in peace.

I hated a fellow because of his mischiefs and discovered that I had no peace of mind when he's happy. You know what? I repented of that and love him more than I do, the joy that comes after that has been awesome. I have learned to love always and not to hate anyone because the world is too short to abbore hatred and life is too interesting to be malicious......

The human problem is that we love not. Our personal inclination to peaceful living should be developed toward LOVE. This alone can solve lots of problems....Isaac.


Love somebody before you wish them rest in peace when they are gone, if you never loved them, keep off that wish for yourself.


May we live a peaceful life.........


©Osheku A Isaac

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