Archive for the ‘Peacefulness’ Category
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. Silence. 66.
Usually when we begin to pray or meditate, we invite ourselves to silence. That probably means we silence what we can: our spoken voice, the little voice in our mind, the physical distractions that we have the power to turn off. Only those things. Certainly we cannot control the ever-increasing barrage of sounds in the […]
In: Inner Peace, meditation, Peace, Peacefulness, Praying · Tagged with: Listening, Oneness, Silence, spiritual simplicity
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 […]
In: Life, Peace, Peacefulness, Prayer, Praying, Spirituality · Tagged with: Peace, Prayer, praying, spiritual simplicity
Expressing Peace. Keeping Busy. 64.
It’s maybe even more than just keeping busy. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, said “…happiness does not simply happen to us. It’s something that we make happen, and it results from doing our best.” Csikszentmihalyi refers to more than just keeping busy. During his flow, people experience deep enjoyment, creativity and a […]
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