Archive for the ‘Happiness’ Category
Expressing Peace. Here I Am. 86.
Here I am. Friday afternoon, the crest between the work week and the weekend. Work to get to this point. Enjoy the pause at the top of the hill. Glide down into the weekend that, no matter how full, is where the week is meant to take me. At my not-too-neat desk, letting the 10 […]
In: Beauty, Happiness, Inner Peace, Joy, Love, Music, Peace, Prayer, Praying, Song · Tagged with: Joy, Love, Peace, praying, Song, spiritual simplicity
Expressing Peace. Whispurr. 83
I am asleep on my back when Whispurr gently steps — one paw a time — on my chest. She settles with her forefeet tucked between her sternum and mine. Almost awake, I recall our just-as-gentle first meeting. At PetCo in Sterling, VA., 2001, I said OK to the volunteer’s invitation to “just see how […]
In: Christ Spirit, Happiness, Home, Life, Love, meditation, Peace, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: Christ, God, Love, Oneness, Peace, praying, spiritual simplicity
Expressing Peace. Front Porch after Supper. 68.
I know wonderful peace from my front porch after supper. The day–the work day–is done. I am slowing down; I enjoy the outside world slowing down around me. The air has more weight than at 6:45 this morning as the sky lightened. The light now softens. Sounds, even of the few cars passing right in […]
In: Beauty, Happiness, Home, Peace, Peacefulness, Prayer, Work · Tagged with: Peace, Prayer, praying, spiritual simplicity, thanksgiving
Expressing Peace. Gratitude. 67.
Let’s not confuse gratitude with ‘thank you’. That was Expressing Peace #57. This is the gratitude that happens every day, involves you and another, and wants to be expressed. Gratitude is the quality of “being warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful”. And that requires someone or something else. I’m taking as […]
In: Commitment, Happiness, Inner Peace, Peace, Prayer · Tagged with: Peace, Prayer, praying, spiritual simplicity
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