New Found Peace

Every day, when I read the news, I find myself getting very upset.

In addition to alerting my congresspersons, and taking action that way, I actively seek out a deeper sense of peace for myself.

I make sure that I am finding something that I am genuinely happy about, or that I respect.

I replace the feelings of betrayal and despair with a conscious uplifting practice.

I am grateful to have so much corruption exposed and to discover many ways of correcting it.

Each time I encounter a problem in my own life, I know there is a solution.

There are so many of us working to create a healthy political environment in order to create healthy practices in our own country.

We do have an active part to play and so many of us are more engaged than we have ever been.

This is a source of peace even as we struggle to turn what appears to be a very strong tide.

My source of peace is my daily practice of turning within to discover my next step of progress for my own life.

I am acquiring new skills, I am interacting with many different communities of wonderful people.

We are all practicing ways of living which uplift and inspire and which create beauty.

These are the long-term actions which create peace in our communities.

These are what our country is built on, honesty and the expression of beauty, and respect for all our people.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com 

Establishing Peace in a Garden

It always feels so good to work in the garden.

I love the feel of dirt in my hands.  

The texture and smell are so enriching.

Spending time in nature is calming and energizing.

It is our ancestral first environment.

The more time we can be in touch with natural growing areas the better we feel on a deep level.

Part of the balance of life is the peace we feel participating in activities which are part of the earth.

We patiently observe the first tiny leaves and how individual they are.

And of course, there is the miracle of seeds themselves, becoming active and growing into plants.

The many different shapes and sizes of seeds and plants, the infinite variety, color, smell and patterns offer a restful and peaceful view as they harmonize in the landscape.

I am grateful for the opportunity to observe them close at hand and as I pass them down country roads.

I am glad I am learning to make my garden part of a new practice of peace.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com 

Redefining Peace

My new definition of peace is having the strength to pull myself back into a calm state of mind after hearing lots of disturbing news.

Since I have good standards of behavior for myself, I expect no less from other well-informed and well-educated people.

So I pull myself back into a peaceful state of mind by reminding myself how powerful good and innocence and compassion and actual, core truth are.

I remind myself that despite the egregious sense of entitlement and criminal greed, there are certainly more decent people on earth.

Most of us value our fellow man.

Most of us support public policy which allows everyone to have the tools to create a good life for themselves.

Most of us have a balanced outlook.

Most of us have compassion for each other and are willing to bring attention to unfair practices and to help remedy them.

Most of us are willing to look for creative solutions to problems instead of perpetuating them.

Most of us really do not like lies.

We can tell the difference between what is true and what is not.

Even though it is frustrating to watch the attempted take over of a beautiful, if imperfect,  governmental system, most of us are working toward creating a much better version of it as a result of the extreme weaknesses which have been exposed in it.

Becoming more aware can be very disturbing, but it can lead to a new, redefined peace.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com

Guarding the Quiet

Finding and guarding your quiet times are the two most important things you can do to give yourself calm.

Your quiet is a precious commodity which can influence your life deeply and harmoniously.

You help yourself thrive when you make your quiet inner listening a priority.

How else will you know yourself?

You exist on the inside and then you manifest on the outside.

Trust your inner self and spend the time there you need.

Your outer daily activities will have more balance and you will operate throughout your day with more confidence.

Your inner resources are unlimited but you will not know what they are or be able to access them unless you guard your quiet time consistently.

As you move away from the chaos in the outside world, your quiet and peace will expand.

You will feel more directed and be able to be more effective in whatever you do.

Trust the steps which come to you and begin taking them.

They will take you all the way through your project and into a new dimension in your life.

As you spend more time in your new life dimension, you will begin to see what it can do for you.

It will give you a whole new perspective and lead you into buoyancy and freedom.

Enjoy your peace.  Enjoy your quiet.

Let them lead you.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com 

Sharpening and Awakening

After decades of a planned deadening of political and economic awareness, a sharp awakening is happening.

Painfully, as we lose more and more children to shootings, the nation is outraged and the student’s friends themselves are taking leadership.

We are finding our strength in order to gain our peace.

Security against the forces within our country that are tearing it down has become our national emergency.

The powerful young voices which are being raised are acute in their significance.  

This generation can see the clear dividing lines between what is in their best interests and what is not.

As their power intensifies, young people all over are supporting the actions of the students who are leading the media campaign.

Other aspects of active discontent are taking positive action.

People are beginning to feel empowered as political campaigns move through their primaries toward November elections.

There is an aliveness, a sharpening and an awakening, as long-endured negative practices finally become unendurable.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com 

The Power of Deep Peace

Tapping into my reservoir of deep peace, I listen for how I am to use it today.

I can continue to let it inspire me as I sit quietly and contemplate.

I can listen for new ideas or additions to current ideas.

I can listen so deeply until I am impelled to action.

Since deep peace is always accessible, it has an immediacy for me.

Since it is unlimited in its scope, deep peace keeps me in contact with infinity.

Since I know it is always available, deep peace is a comfort to me.

Whenever I need a solution, when I slow down enough to think and not panic, I feel the deep peace move in quietly and relieve me of my fear.

When I am in unfamiliar surroundings, I listen for my next move, and gently, deep within, I hear it and respond to it.

The most fun is when I sit quietly and listen for ideas, and then the Universe celebrates, and through the deep peace, invites me in.

These are some of the ways deep peace influences and inspires my day.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com

Accessing Your Deep Peace

Breathe.  Listen.  Write.  Act.

With every breath, you move deeper into your peace.

Take your time to truly let go of the flow of life around you.

You do not need to participate.

Listen inwardly and feel yourself go deeper.

The calm and quiet are quite noticeable and present.

This is where you begin to access the ideas which are uniquely yours.

Along with the ideas comes the steps toward manifestation, but not all at once, not necessarily right away.

Stay in the deep peace as long as you can.

Return often.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com