April 8 – Daily Feast
Peace of mind is better than gold and just as precious. But unlike gold, peace comes when we ask for it and let it happen – not when we go in search of it. We look for a time to be peaceful. But what may seem to be a waste of time can be just what we need – a spot of sunlight, soft breezes, the sound of locusts humming in the night. The little things calm us and bring us rest. But the best comes when we release our hold on little cares, the voices that tell us how bad things are in the world – and just let peace seep in. Nothing so becomes us as stillness and quiet serenity. Nothing so aptly furnishes the background music like sounds of nature, the mockingbird’s midnight song that expands our boundaries and enchants our hearts.
~ We are a part of the earth, and the earth is part of us. ~
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‘A Cherokee Feast of Days’, by Joyce Sequichie Hifler