We've got to somehow find peace despite the hand life deals us -- and despite our "success" (or lack of it) at playing the game as our world says it must be played.

This is especially important in this day and age, for we cannot overemphasize the impact the energies of Ascension are having on the lives of those called to serve.

They are the vanguard sent to prepare the way for others to follow and lay the groundwork for the New World. Many are being subjected to intense stress which often puts their health, personal circumstances, or means of support at risk.

Even their participation in the "game of life" in the 3D world doesn't go as it used to. Old ways don't work, and what once was second nature may hit obstacle after obstacle.

New paths don't appear, or play out like intended, either. It's as if our view is distorted, and we're left to embrace the confusion and uncertainty of not knowing what or why while having to deal with what is.

The resulting emotional turmoil is a gut-wrenching roller coaster ride that seems never-ending. And there's no way to get off.

Try as they might, no way out can be found. For their fate is not to find a way out, but to learn to live within the turbulent energies and use them as intended.

Nevertheless, no matter what happens to us, not even having our lives turned upside down or inside out by the circumstances of life, peace is still available to us.

Our job is to find it and grab hold tightly. And use it to master the challenge put before us once and for all.

Otherwise, who's to say that we'll have peace even if we survive?