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Expressing Peace. Rain’s Peace. 84.

Weather forecast for today and tomorrow: rain. Steady, needed, welcomed rain. Not everyone’s Gene Kelly. Some see downpours as interruptions, showers as bothers, and even drizzles as nuisances. There’s no poem asking the sun to go away and come again another day. However, rain does provide peace in many ways, many forms, and many meanings. […]

Posted on November 5, 2014 at 6:31 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
In: Beauty, Forgiveness, Healing, Inner Peace, Life, Music, Peace, Prayer, Thanksgiving · Tagged with: , , ,

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 […]

Posted on November 4, 2014 at 12:33 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
In: Christ Spirit, Happiness, Home, Life, Love, meditation, Peace, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: , , , , , ,

Expressing Peace. Years of Peace. 65.

No matter how long you’ve lived, your life has known years of peace. No matter how many upsets, upheavals, uproars you’ve lived through, you have lived in years of peace. So, here is an an exercise. Not at all strenuous. Essentially without any rules, scarcely any guidelines; just a few suggestions. The purpose? To reflect […]

Posted on October 17, 2014 at 4:27 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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