Listen.
Listen past the noise
to softer sounds.
Wind, water,
bugs, birdsong,
a church bell, a distant train.
Listen
to your own deep breath
drifting in and out.
Listen as the sounds of peace
calm your soul.
– kh –
Linger: 365 Days of Peaceful Pauses
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
– Mother Teresa –
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“Habit is a cable;
we weave a thread of it every day,
and at last we can not break it.”
– Horace Mann –
May we make a habit of spreading peace and kindness and carrying the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“We never know when we must go,
nor what guides we are to get—
men, storms, guardian angels, or sheep. . . .
Almost everybody in the least natural
is guided more than he is ever aware of.”
– John Muir –
May we be guided into paths of peace, kindness, and calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“Light tomorrow morning with today.”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning –
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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Whatever good we do,
Whatever kindness or hospitality we provide,
Will cast a larger shadow
Than we may ever see or realize.
– Diane Walker –
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week: 
Shadow of the Week:
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“Love always creates, it never destroys.”
– Leo Buscaglia –
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Love.
Create.
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – ice at the edge of a pond:
Shadow of the Week – a lantern:
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“Do your little bit of good where you are;
it’s those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.”
– Desmond Tutu –
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week—a lorikeet my grandson and I fed at the zoo:
Shadow of the Week—looks like I had a tall cup of coffee:
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Tip of shadow,
rimmed in light,
your sharp edge softens
in the lowering sun
and you melt
into the quiet peace
of night.
– kh, Linger: 365 Days of Peaceful Pauses –
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Nature of the week:
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“One ancient word for breathing is inspire or in-spirit. Inhaling is in-spiriting. So breathe into yourself inspiration. Breathe out your unique treasure of a self. Breathe into yourself love and hope. Breathe out to the world peace and grace. Receive as a gift the pause, the rest between your deep breaths.” – kh, Linger: 365 Days of Peaceful Pauses
Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – A collection of shells and rocks and other bits of nature turned into a creature, thanks to my five-year-old grandson.
Shadow of the Week:
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