Deep Peace of the running wave to you,
Deep Peace of the quiet earth to you,
Deep Peace of the flowing air to you,
Deep Peace of the shining star to you.

~ Gaelic Prayer

I enter my space this morning. My sanctuary, my haven. It has been a comfort to me – a single space where I alone choose what accompanies me in my space. A clear, clean, peaceful place creativity and quiet.

But I look around – I’ve been so busy, so occupied, I haven’t noticed… my space is not clear nor quiet at the moment. Clutter has dented the typically strong sense of tranquility. What happened?

In the dim hours between nighttime and dawn, candlelight brings glow to my sacred space, renewing a sense of clarity within. It is time for a clearing and cleaning. Re-create my sacred space once again. Return to a sense of gentleness, balance and harmony.

I draw a Spirit Circle card from each deck:

Reclaiming Sacred Space – Yes, of course I’d draw this card. Heart smiles. The Universe knows.

I do not hold grudges. I am releasing anger and resentment. – It doesn’t matter in the least how or why the clutter got here, or who put it here. What sense does it make for me to dwell senselessly on what doesn’t matter? Instead, I bring my focus to the beauty. Simply invite sacred harmony in to my heart, my space – in this moment.

Yes, the Universe knows.

I awaken to the sound of silence.  Peaceful, blissful soul stillness.  The world has not yet awakened, except for a lone raven’s call from high in the cedars.

I rise without a word, thankful for the quietness.  In meditative moments of mindfulness and solitude, I feed the animals, care for the plants.  Mindful walking.  Mindful drinking – yin/yang water.  Mindful collecting firewood and stoking the morning fire.  Mindful of contributing to the stillness, not crashing over it.

I do not speak; morning is a time for silence.  My actions are gentle, my steps non-intrusive.

Awareness and thankfulness of BE-ing stillness in the sacred Morning.

I listen to gentle pattering of rain droplets on the windows in this little cabin.  The most enchanting blooms of perfect pink roses grow on wild bushes out back.  For endless years of city living, my heart ached to live in the woods in a small log cabin.  My spirit is in paradise.

A few moments of solitude this morning in silence.  Well… near silence.  Small, twittering birds dance amongst the tiny, cool rain-mist droplets with soft little chirps, while the clock on the kitchen wall takes advantage of the quietness, making itself known with an increasingly louder monotony of tick tocks.  The harder I try to not hear it, the louder the ticking seems to be.

What a joy to be able to remove the battery!

Not so with my thoughts, nor with the habitual ‘white noise’ in my ears from too much time spent with no time for silence.   Like the clock, my thoughts and my busy-ness also grow louder as I try to not listen to them.   Giving my attention and effort to avoiding them gives them power, because attention is attention, no matter what kind.

So I gently take my attention elsewhere, to the silence, to the heartfull thankfulness for where I am in this moment.  Eyes open yet ‘resting’, I breathe in deep, cleansing breaths.  I breathe out affirmation of my trust in the Universe that everything is exactly in the place it needs to be.

I do not try to rid myself of the thoughts nor the busy-ness.  I do not try anything.  I simple breathe and Be.

Silence.

And finally, I am quiet.

A day of rest, slow movement, release of thoughts, and introspection comes to a close with the scent of summer dusk before a rain. Enchanting cacophony of birdsong as the feathered ones take cover from the impending downpour. Winds whirl, a chill moves in, winged and four-leggeds scamper to take cover, and then…

Nothing. No rain. No storm. Just stillness once again.

I observe and feel joy for the cool clarity of evening. I am learning to carry what is on my shoulders in a different way, and the weather reflects my willingness to change in the moment – to react in a different way than is expected.

Remain in peace, in each moment.