Inward Recognition, Outward Peace

As you recognize your inner identity, you can begin to connect to your purpose.

As the sense of your purpose infuses you, you begin to feel a new kind of confidence and peace.

You are no longer competing in the world for the worldly values in a typical way.

Whatever you are doing becomes infused with this deep sense of who you are.

At some point, it can lead to a different occupation, but mainly you keep your peace with you  whatever you are doing.

As your individual sense of purpose refines itself, you may be guided into a new direction.

You know that you can go there with a sense of peace.

Once you are used to listening to your inner identity, it is easy to recognize the feeling of being guided.

Everything you do from your inner recognition gives you a sense of peace, whether you continue where you are or make changes to your situation.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

The Peace of Making New Things

It is so incredibly satisfying to make things.

I love learning how to make many different things.

It is a source of delight and confidence to gain and execute new knowledge.

Making things develops so much more than just buying or receiving them.

You engage your mind and hands to create.

You experience textures and shapes and rhythms.

You associate with actively engaged people.

You attract interesting and creative givers.

Your create inspiring surroundings together.

Your conversation is inventive and informative.

You share knowledge.

You support one another in your new skills.

You create an uplifting environment.

Making things generously expands knowledge and facility in a pleasant atmosphere.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Peace in Gardening

I am so happy to be following one of my longest-held goals, growing a garden.

It is peace-giving to move in the direction of your heart.

I am trying out ideas I have read about and finding out what works.

I am going about it in ways which make sense to me, one-step-at-a-time.

I am connecting threads which have been broken for most of my life.

Even though it is what I have dreamed of doing, it is terrifying to be making decisions toward what I choose.

Following the dictates of others  was a required path.

Now it is no more.

So I am building up the practice to move in my new direction.

As I begin soil improvements and start growing a few plants, I feel the peace that I have always desired.

I am so glad to see new flowers blooming and tomatoes and squash beginning to produce.

It is the beginning of something I have always wanted and it is happening.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Living in Time

Even though our day passes hour-by-hour, we can get a sense of living outside of time.

We have our thoughts, our routines, and then we have our moments of inspiration.

As we cultivate the deep peace which connects us with inspiration, we begin to live in time with that rhythm.

Our days flow more smoothly.

We are less worried.

We maintain our poise.

Taking a moment to breathe deeply, we pause.

We can feel the inner peace just below the surface of our thoughts.

Our breath gives us a moment to connect with it and to bring it to the surface.

Then we can continue with our errand or look up the next resource for the project we are working on.

The time we are living in becomes ours to mold in a peaceful and inspirational way.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

New Ideas of Peace

In reading my way through “Working With the Law”  and making notes, I am struck by the practices Rev. Holliwell describes for forgiveness.

He insists that we cannot demand more for ourselves than we demand for our brothers.

If we want forgiveness, we must forgive.

That is the struggle.

To release ourselves, we must release others.

I am looking at my habitual and long-term judgements and justifications.

No matter how true they are to me, I would much rather be released from them.

So I keep listening for the ideas which will allow me to move beyond my habitual conclusions.

If I can conceive of a Higher Power that directs me, I can conceive of the same thing for others.

If I can move beyond my mistakes, so can they.

If I give them room to become more than they were, I can become more than I was.

I may never see them again, but I can wish them well.

If I do deal with them again, I can be strong and consistent enough to see them as I want to be seen.

I can be a bigger person.

I can release myself from seeing as I have judged in the past.

That is the effect my new idea of peace is having on me.

Release through seeing a different way is forgiveness.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Challenges of Separation

Making peace with separation requires discovery and invention.

I have had the opportunity to take on several new tasks which I normally do not do while  my husband is in town.

While he is gone for training, I am learning how to do them or to get help.

I am also going even further in performing the many activities which I enjoy, and finding some new opportunities.

As the long-distance training has lasted longer and longer, I have had to find more resources.

I am exploring some new friendships outside my groups.

I am participating in extra activities within the groups.

As an introvert’s introvert, this has been a challenge.

It is worth it, though, to add another layer to friendships.

As I continue to work on my service through writing my blogs, I am also exploring how to expand it.

Very scary and challenging steps for me to confront technology.

But, it looks like it can all happen.

Offering support through one minute telephone calls and emails is a new experience also.

It is also allowing me to confront deeper troubling personal issues and to resolve them.

Stretching and expanding through separation offers greater experiences in more directions.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com  

Our Words Bring Peace

As we listen to our thoughts and feelings, we recognize tension or relaxation and happiness in them.

Our words and our reaction to other people’s words create a reaction in our body as well as in our mind.

We can keep ourselves calm and uplifted or we can create tension and despair.

We are becoming aware of what far-reaching actions are created by words spoken in the media.

The way I counteract my response is to cultivate a sense of peace before I read the news.

Then, I put myself back into a peaceful mode when I feel myself reacting.

I do this many times each day.

The words I use for myself are “I love me”.

I remind myself that I am here for an uplifting purpose.

I listen for ideas to teach little children which will help them recognize their power of goodness.

I put these ideas into “Themes” with a chant, a fingerplay and a song.  (www.MusicandBooksforChildren.com and on FB)

I give sincere compliments to people I don’t even know.

I start conversations in public places where it is possible to add a note of comfort or support.

I breathe peace into the places that I go.

I make sure that I am seeing people in a generous and understanding light.

This is a habit I have found worth cultivating.

This is how my words can bring peace to little situations around me.

It is a trickle up and out effect.

When people feel good they share that good feeling.

This is the power of our words to bring peace.

© 2017 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com