7/9/2018 0 Comments Creating Peace: My Writing (Now Let's Write Together) with Today's #5for5BrainDump
I choose peace when I return to what I don’t understand. I choose to create peace when I stop being frustrated, when I let go of my opinions and instead, stay open to the peace I see waiting for me on the edge.
It is like taking those sips and gulps of crystal cold water, on my hands and knees, over the rocks… and feeling the coolness in my mouth down my throat and smiling, full grin mode, looking up to moan happily… mmmmmmm…. Peace! This is it! I didn’t ever do this as a child, but as an adult I just might roll over on my back and moan and twist myself in happy twists and breathe in the taste even more deeply. This fuels me, this peace and this memory of peace. I remember Mom also remarking Grandpadaddy taught her to take sips from the creek right above the rocks. If all these adults I cherished said this is must be true, right? It must be true. Like peace. Peace is also true – and in these moments I remember I have the power to create peace at any point and any moment of my life. Peace feels like really soft sweat pants – fleece, when I pull them on and notice how gentle they are and how much warmth they bring me when I am cold. Peace feels like a cold swimming pool on a hot day. It sounds like the ocean when I have been away for far too long. Peace feels like a long hug from someone who I know cherishes me and who wants closeness, mutual closeness, demanding nothing but to hold and be held in that moment. Peace feels like looking someone in the eye who understands in my silence what I am meaning and what I am needing and offers herself or himself or themselves up to me without question if I can reciprocate (or not). I am so grateful for these moments of writing with so many people who are grateful for what I do and who I am, as an expression of myself fully…. I am grateful for… being comfortable with knowing even if that above sentence makes no sense, I know what it means and it felt good to write and this is ok. I am grateful for air conditioning and hazy days. I am grateful for the shade at Hart Park. I am grateful for periscope and the magic I have found there – ++ If you are writing with us, please add a link to your writing here if you would appreciate an audience. THANK YOU SO MUCH for making the world a better place through sharing your words with us! Please join us here throughout the week - and to be made aware of our next session which starts August 20, sign up for our mailing list here -
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