In Honor of Cinco De Mayo as We Set Fear Free from the Deepest Chambers of Our Heart – Step 2

“Among individuals as among nations, the respect for other people’s rights is peace.” – Pres. Benito Juarez (Mexican President (1861-72), 1806-1972) on the meaning of heart

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Question :::

When have you found it in your heart to resist the urge not to reciprocate lately?

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How can letting go of fear and stopping the fight inside us help create peace in our hearts and with others?

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When Love Takes Over – David Guetta (3:18)

Juarez – The Movie (2:10)

SF Bay Smooth Jazz Piano Heart Meditation (10:27)

An Analogy of: In Honor of Cinco De Mayo as We Set Fear Free from the Deepest Chambers of Our Heart 

Today’s SFZ calls for a fearless embrace of peace and healing, fitting for a Cinco de Mayo reflection. It highlights a spiritual journey rooted in surrender, vulnerability, and action.

In Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12), the emphasis is on ceasing internal conflict to access deeper awareness. Carl Rogers, the humanistic psychologist, agrees. He argued that acceptance of experience is essential for personal growth. By “stopping the fight,” individuals open themselves to genuine feeling and healing.

Similarly, It Works: How and Why stresses living proof over internal struggle. Viktor Frankl, the Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist, supported this view. In Man’s Search for Meaning, he wrote that survival depends not on fighting despair but on finding meaning beyond it. Allowing a “higher power” to guide us reflects Frankl’s idea of transcendent purpose.

Benito Juárez’s quote reminds us that respect is foundational to peace. His words echo political theorist Hannah Arendt, who wrote that peace among people is impossible without mutual recognition. Juárez and Arendt share a vision where peace is active respect, not passive tolerance.

The call to “Make Love, Not War” ties all these ideas together. Martin Luther King Jr. also insisted that peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice and love. Fear is not conquered by violence but by courageous vulnerability.

In shedding fear and embracing respect, we create lasting peace within and among us. This transformation begins by standing still, listening, and letting love replace the need to fight.

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