It would be really nice if every day, we wake up to fresh air, sunshine and maybe even beautiful rainbows.
In other words, we would like to wake up to a peaceful day and wish that the day will be peaceful right till when we go to sleep.
But the reality could be that we go to sleep thinking about the troubles we are having, if we can even sleep with that.
And we wake up still thinking about those troubles. We just want to go on sleeping and try to forget about those troubles, but they won't disappear just like that.
But if we want to sleep peacefully and wake up fresh, then the 1st reading tells us to do the following:
Be sincere in compassion, in kindness and in humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another and forgive each other as soon as a quarrel begins. Over all these, put on love.
And that love is concretely expressed by Jesus as He says in the gospel: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.
If we truly want peace, then we must follow what Jesus and the 1st have taught us..
Then we will be at peace with ourselves, with others and with God.
And we will sleep peacefully, and wake up joyfully.