Category: Peace Nurturing Practices

 Why a blog of Peace Nurturing Practices?  Because peace can be baffling. It’s somewhat of a conundrum in that it is wished for, dreamed about, fought over and yet always . . .

Karen and I usually  talk about Mother Earth because we both cherish the natural world. She lives further south in Florida than I and recently told me she is experiencing . . .

Why revisit acceptance? Because it is a prerequisite for peace. Both acceptance and peace require practice.  As we continue focusing on and practicing peace while accepting our bouts of anxiety . . .

This word contains millions of stories we have heard, told, and lived.  It can represent years of misery when withheld from ourselves or others.  Words such as: “I will never . . .

Have you ever begun the day feeling peaceful and poof: your peace is gone, and you feel lousy?  Be it a discussion that turns uncomfortable, an AC not working or . . .

I scarcely had spoken the words, “Since I seem to be incapable of…” when my son protested: “You are one of the most positive people I know, yet the words . . .

This sound meditation flows from our last Peace Nurturing Practice on Letting Go as it offers us an environment conducive to releasing old gunk, renewing our commitment to choosing peace, . . .

When a young Black racer snake appeared in my garden this morning, not only was I thrilled, but she confirmed my choice of “Letting go” as today’s Peace Nurturing Practice.  . . .

Nurturing peace within ourselves is our abiding goal within a world which offers us constant invitations to give up our peace, to fight, and/or join in judgments against others. One . . .

Have you ever reached a moment of pure peace only to be jarred away from your tranquility by the needs of others?  Your child, neighbor, friend, partner, or a perfect . . .

While there is encouragement all around us to judge and proclaim others inadequate, at fault, or less clever than we, there is no joy, love, or peace in such a . . .

We can cultivate and create conditions for peace by rowing downstream and choosing peace in every moment.[1] Rather than paddling frantically upstream by clinging to fear of what might be, . . .

After hearing two of my friends mention they are planning to leave more spaces in their days and then opening my book, Sanctuary of Peace, to a poem about “creating . . .

Presence, our alert, aware presence offers us unlimited possibilities for peace.  Open to the moment, we delight in a child’s perspective of immediacy.  When we are fully present, we are . . .

May we glide into 2023 with gentle energy and increase our Peace Power through reflection, taking time to observe ourselves, our thoughts, emotions, words, and patterns on a daily basis. . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is a second look at Openness in which we open our hearts and minds to new voices, ideas, perspectives, and possibilities.  We adopt a “maybe so” . . .

Our Peace Nurturing Practice this week is celebration. We choose celebration as a way of being, savoring each moment to its fullest.  Waking up to a new day is cause . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is Balance.  We welcome the balance and tranquility of consciously breathing in and out.  If we were to simply breathe in, it would not take long . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is Awareness. We choose to be fully present and aware in all we do.  When washing dishes, we wash dishes.  We are not thinking about our to-do . . .

Our Peace Nurturing Practice this week is Meditation on Light. Whether it’s a candle glowing in the darkness, the light of sunrise, light filtering through leaves, or light dancing on . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is hope, our power born of optimism, desire, and faith. Hope gives us strength to carry on when times are challenging.  It buoys us with courage . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is laughter, the antidote for seriousness, judgment, angst, and other heavy energy.  Rather than subscribe to “woe is me” and “woe is the world,” we can . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is compassion. The practice of compassion is elemental, it flows naturally from open hearts. We are innately wired to want to help others, to help anyone, . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is Choosing acceptance. Listening to and watching 100+ mph winds for hour upon hour upon hour, while huddled in a space we hoped was safe, was . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is welcoming everything. Committed to welcoming everything that comes into our lives, we rejoice at the rising sun, bird serenades, chatting with kindly friends and neighbors, . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is Choosing Peace. The practice is so simple it might seem silly, but its power and effectiveness shine through its simplicity.  We consciously choose thoughts, words, . . .

This week’s Peace Nurturing Practice is gratitude. The trail was resplendent with flowers from a recent burn on that magical summer evening when Ernie and I began our ramble. Carlton . . .

Our peace nurturing practice this week is integrity. Our words, thoughts, and actions align with one another and with the highest good we know. We are trustworthy, honest, fair, and . . .

Our Peace Nurturing Practice this week is Mother Nature. Ever since I could navigate on my own, I’ve savored being surrounded and enfolded in the sounds and sights of Mother . . .

Our Peace Nurturing Practice this week is a Meditation on Love. Yes, we have focused on meditation before and will again because it is a powerful tool for bringing us . . .