My peaceful view from my computer desk. The holidays are always overwhelming aren't they? This year has felt a bit more so than usual for me I'd say. God has given me an opportunity to practice what I preach. What I preach (or rather how I try to live each day) is peace . Peace in all circumstances. At all times. No matter what. It sure is easy to be at peace when life is going your way and things are basically status quo. It is much harder to stay in peace when the circumstances of your life are not easy for some reason. My reason is that I have to have surgery to repair a torn ACL and meniscus. In other words, I have been limping and balancing on one foot for a month since I blew out my knee at my sister's house. It was an innocent accident (a minor collision while dancing in our pjs in her living room) but I heard the characteristic "pop" and my knee no longer wanted to stay in alignment. Unfortunately, I had ...