"This is certain, that as long as our minds are resigned to His Will, the severest trials can never disturb our peace."

~ Dom Lawrence Scupoli, The Spiritual Combat 

This picture, filled with bucolic peace, was taken in Les Baux, France. It's fun to imagine that if one lived here, looking at that view every day, one would automatically be filled with peace. But Father Scupoli says otherwise. He says that our peace is really only disturbed by our self-love and anxiety. People who live in a place like this still have to wage those inner battles with themselves. So, whether we live on a serene lavender farm in Provence or in a basement apartment in New York City, let us work to find the inner peace that will only come from being resigned to God's Holy Will.