🙏 Goodbye, North Carolina. Hello, Virginia.

 

We have just crossed the state border from North Carolina to Virginia—continuing our journey for peace into a new landscape!

 

North Carolina, thank you for the incredible warmth and the open hearts we encountered at every stop. We are so moved by the thousands of people who came out to greet us with such kindness, who braved cold and ice to welcome us and who showed us extraordinary love.

 

Virginia, we are honored to walk your roads. May we share peace, compassion, unity, and healing together as we move closer to our destination.
We also wish to offer our deepest gratitude to all the hands that have supported us on this entire path.

 

The journey continues—with gratitude for where we’ve been, and respect for where we go.
On Day 95 – 1/28/2026
May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏

 

———————————

 

✍️ Words Born from Peace – The words we speak to others—to our loved ones, our spouses, our children, our parents, our friends, to people we meet—are shaped by what lives inside us in the moment we speak them.
When we are mindful with our actions in daily life, when we bring peace to our inner minds by being present with our breath, something shifts. We gain clarity. We can see more clearly what words will help, what words will heal, what words will bring comfort instead of pain.

 

But without that mindfulness, without that inner peace, we lose our way. We get swept up in anger before we realize what’s happening. We misunderstand people’s intentions. We speak from hurt or frustration, and our words—without meaning to—create suffering for the very people we care about most.

 

How many times have we said something harsh to someone we love, only to regret it moments later? How many times have our words caused pain we never intended, simply because we spoke from inner chaos instead of inner calm?
When we are at peace, when we are present with our own breath and aware of our state of mind, we naturally speak differently. We pause before we react. We listen more deeply. We respond with care instead of impulse. We find words that build up instead of tear down, that soothe instead of wound, that bring understanding instead of creating distance.

 

It is such a beautiful thing to bring happiness to people with our words. To make them feel cared, valued, loved. To ease their suffering instead of adding to it. To speak in ways that heal rather than harm.
And it all starts with this: being mindful. Choosing peace for our inner minds. Noticing our breath. Paying attention to what we’re feeling before we let those feelings determine what we say.

 

When we walk peacefully within ourselves, our words become gifts we can offer others with care and intention.
May we all learn to speak from that peaceful place. May our words bring more happiness and less suffering to everyone they touch.
May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.

 

———————————

 

 

 

 

 

 

#TykheoTueNhan #BaoThapTangKinhThanhDien #Buocchanhanhgia
#WalkForPeace #W4P #Walk4Peace #Dhammacetiya