Gently close your eyes.
Taking in a deep breath,
Welcoming stillness into your body,
Into your mind,
Into the space around you.
What do peace,
Ease,
And comfort look like to you?
How do peace,
Ease,
And comfort feel like to you?
Do you make time in your life for them to show up?
If so,
How do they show up?
If not,
Why not?
Do they show up on the side of a babbling brook or the banks of a nearby river?
Do they show up in the morning before you get out of bed?
Maybe they show up in the quiet moments of the evening before falling asleep.
When do peace,
Ease,
And comfort show up for you?
The busyness of our days,
The stresses of life,
Most often don't allow for much peace,
Ease and comfort in our days,
And even at times,
Our nights.
In such cases,
We have to be intentional.
We have to make the time for them.
We have to put the phone down,
Put the book away,
Shut the TV off,
Turn the radio down,
And allow the quiet.
Allow the stillness.
Only in this stillness will peace,
Ease,
And comfort arise.
They are begging to arise,
To show themselves,
To be felt,
Welcomed,
And experienced.
That is why we wrestle with ourselves when we scroll on the phone for too long,
Watch one too many shows on TV,
Or need to read just one more chapter.
At times like these,
The peace,
Ease,
And comfort that you are is trying to emerge.
It can be uncomfortable at first,
Only because it's unfamiliar.
In time,
The more quiet,
The more silence,
The more stillness you welcome into your life,
The more peaceful you and life will become,
The more ease you will feel and experience in everyday life,
And the more comfortable it will be.
Peace,
Ease,
And comfort are our true nature.
We have been conditioned to think,
Feel,
And act differently,
As if peace and ease are something we have to work towards,
Strive towards.
Once you catch a glimpse of this peace,
Ease,
And comfort,
You will most likely want more.
It's beautiful.
It's serene.
It's harmonious.
As the great spiritual teacher and author Eckhart Tolle says,
Stillness speaks.
He has even written a book of that same title.
The stillness has a lot to tell us,
If only we are willing to take the time to get still,
To be still,
And listen.
Miracles are born out of the quiet.
Deep healing takes place in the quiet.
There is much to be learned from stillness.
Will you intentionally make the effort to sit in silence today?
May you be safe.
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
May you live in peace,
Ease,
And comfort.
Namaste.
