Tag Archives: quietness

Slow Ride on a Quiet Day

Although we love the grandeur of bright colors and sunny skies, we sometimes need the quiet and peace of a cloudy day and softer scenes. Continue reading

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Prayer on an Autumn Morning

Surely it would not be a bad thing if we all sought to live a quiet and peaceful life… Continue reading

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Good Works

There are such moments as this
when hot coffee
and the quiet beauty of God’s still morning
shared in the refreshing softness
of a moon’s pale circle fringed with orange

is our purpose. Continue reading

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Passing in the Night

Sometimes,
it is something other than worry
that keeps me from my sleep
and moves me toward

this subtle peace. Continue reading

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Small Honor

Today, I would love to stay here for a few hours, sitting in the shade, talking quietly and resting. I would like to spend some time talking about my father who died two years ago on this day, remembering fishing trips and working on houses with him. That is what I would like to do. Continue reading

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Choices

In the dark of this morning’s dawning, I hold to these few minutes of quietness. Continue reading

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