Meditation Does not Guarantee Positive Thinking or Peaceful Actions

There is much talk about meditation. Celebrities tell people, "I do it!"  And it is true it can make anyone peaceful in the moment that practices it.

My discovery is that although meditation can calm you down it does not insure peaceful thinking and peaceful actions.  That is a separate practice altogether.  What do you focus on?  Do you study the Bible? The Quran? Buddhism?  Eckhart Tolle? Anthony Robbins? Byron Katie Mitchell? Jewish religion?  All the "isms" throughout the world? Watch who or what you look to for you truth, does it lead you to peaceful relationships and a peaceful world?  If not, you better change the focus of your study.

This reminds me of a poem recited by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Eleanor Roosevelt:

“Watch your thoughts, they become words;
watch your words, they become actions;
watch your actions, they become habits;
watch your habits, they become character;
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”