Peace in the Steps We Take

We can find peace both in the steps we take and in the steps we do not take.

Sometimes, despite our best intentions, it is not in our best interest to take certain steps.

It requires deep conviction of our ability to listen within and to receive Guidance to turn away from what looks like a perfectly good direction.

When we are given the signs to move away or to move in a different direction, we have to be ready to trust them.

Moving away can be an instance of moving toward something else.

When a path has been prepared and we want to take it, but feel held back, it is a good opportunity to review our priorities and to listen within.

Our resistance to one path may build up our strength to overome obstacles in another path.

When we take our steps in the new path, we will find our way open and unobstructed.

This happens to me from time to time.

By applying excellence to all our efforts, we can be rewarded with a sense of the best path for ourselves.

The peace we receive when we turn in the right direction helps us continue in it.

Our feelings keep us in contact with what is deeply good for us to do.

Our tiny steps, taken in deep peace, lay down a foundation of peace.

We can trust the steps and see the foundation being built.

When it is time, our project will become visible to the people who can benefit most.

We will be able to serve consistently without swerving from our path.

By trusting our intuition and Guidance, we will move gently, with confidence in the path which gives us peace.

We will convey our peace through every action we take.

We will dispel confusion for ourselves and for those we serve.

We will help others to build their own trust through receiving peace from listening within.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Hands of Peace

The hands of peace in my life are many.

I love reflecting on the different times they have appeared.

From when I was very little, I have been able to reach out in desperate situations.

The prayers I learned from a spritual healing tradition supported, and continue to support, me.

My cello teachers found me a willing and disciplined student and they provided positive structure in my life.

My women’s group of entreprenuers adds humor to the weekly times we get together.

My husband has been a constant nurturing and loving presence.

As we travel, we meet interesting and enjoyable people who appreciate our company and conversation.

As I consider what I can offer in a new business, I am receiving support and direction.

All of these are ways in which I experience the uplifting hands of peace in my life.

Through the constant presence of those who express peace in my life, I am encouraged to expand my expression of peace.

I include it in my daily practice.

I add peace to my conversation.

I watch for opportunities to go slow and be unharrassed.

I do things which I love to do in an expectant and joyful way.

I make sure I include light and beauty in my surroundings.

I attract people of an upliftng nature.

I meet new acquaintances who love me.

My practice of peace brings more happiness into my life in natural ways.

The many hands of peace throughout my life have created this peaceful atmosphere for me.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

The Dimension of Peace

We live in peace in the ways in which we bring harmony into our lives.

We experience peace in a personal dimension when we do something we love to do.

We experience peace through the harmony and order and beauty in our home.

We bring peace to our friends and colleagues and family as we live our lives in harmony with our deepest values.

We take our peace with us into the community in our uplifting and positive attitude.

We share our peace with everyone with whom we come in contact.

We are a living witness to the presence of peace in our own life and the power it has as we move about the community in our daily activities.

The order we maintain for ourselves and the well-being it creates are available to everyone regardless of their resources.

When we look for the peace within, it assumes a dimension all around us.

In dark circumstances, we must lift up our head and look around.

We cannot gain peace from our dark circumstances, so we must find it within.

Once it makes its presence felt in our first moment of calm, we can return to that feeling.

As we cultivate that tiny feeling of calm, we give it more room to grow.

We feel the longing for more calm, more peace, and so we listen for it.

Peace becomes our goal.

It begins to attract other circumstances to us.

As we notice and place a high value on the calm moments we feel, we create better circumstances around us.

Our dimenson of peace increases and deepens as we spend time there.

We look away from disturbances as distractions and turn ourselves to the peace within.

It is more important to create and to experience peace.

The peace we share is more important and more powerful than the petty, or even great, disturbances.

Peace always prevails.

The first place it has to prevail is in our own thought and our own life.

Let peace be the goal and let it spread until you feel its dimension all around you.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Clear Stance

I could not rest until I corrected a misapprehension.

I did not want the misunderstanding to continue.

Until I made a clear statement, I did not feel free to move forward.

We must clarify our stance to ourselves and then to others.

We want to live a life of accurate expression.

Our clear focus enables us to accomplish our goal.

We can only reach out and expand our expression and our purpose as we are clear.

Clarity allows us to see obstacles and to remove them.

We are able to bring all our resources to bear toward finding solutions.

Our honesty and integrity allow us to filter out unnecessary and unwanted elements.

Our willingness to clear a way and then to follow it assures us that we will accomplish our goal.

We must define what we stand for and then live that way.

When we live in accord with our goals, we bring our philosophy alive.

Until then, random ideologies may compete for our attention.

We only want to give energy to that which defines us in our highest expression.

Returning to what makes us happy, what allows us to be uplifted and to inspire others, we create a clear path for ourselves.

We become a beacon to those seeking upliftment.

The energy created between expression and recognition forms community alliances.

Everyone who is caught in resulting community projects recieves an energetic boost.

Be clear, take your stand, and let the resources of inspiration uplift your community.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Choose Calm

In every single instance, choose calm.

Let a feeling of calm pervade your life.

Let calm be where you start, not just what you return to.

With all the violent and disturbing actions and interactions, let your life be a tribute to the deep reservoir of Calm which is your Source.

From this Calm comes generosity in the face of lack, 

compassion in the face of fear, 

understanding in the face of intolerance.

We are all facing the same challenges but in different proportions.

Each time we do something kind to provide comfort we are facing down our limitations.

Each time we bring calm to a disturbing situation we are interrupting the emotional chain of panic.

We can begin to hear solutions on a broader and broader scale as we cultivate a calm response.

We can find a calm way through even the world-wide violence we are facing through disruptive climate and environmental changes.

The intelligence and compassion which lead individuals to find solutions for themselves are available for large numbers of people. 

We all have the ability to listen within and find the calm direction we need to take our next steps.

Those who look at the big picture from compassion and generosity are receiving the ideas which are most effective and comforting for large numbers of people.

All of this counteracts the greed which is the result of fear and a feeling of living in a void.

Our resources are far beyond the kinds which can be hoarded.

We have the ability to live in a completely new kind of life which protects all relationships and all things.

Let us listen within with a deep sense of calm to hear the compassionate steps which are required and available.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Peace in Deeper Waters

As I continue on my life-path, I find deeper meaning in the simplest things.

I am so grateful for the steps which have taken me deeper and deeper into the divine dimension.

I am connecting with my soul and that is connecting me to the world in useful and satisfying ways.

I love communicating my ideas and finding that they are useful and appreciated.

I am in a safe place, and I can help others create safe places for themselves.

As we bring ourselves to peace and safety, there is room for imagination and creativity.

In our peace and in our safety, there is room for imagination and creativity.

Imagination and creativity are ways of bringing us to peace and safety.

Our deeper waters provide momentum out of isolation.

We are required to make great effort as we struggle to find our way out of our deep waters.

The resources we need come to us and we find our peace in a new direction.

We are able to become quiet and reflective as we explore our new peace.

We provide encouragement for those who are still in deep waters.

We can assure them that they will find their way to peace.

We see their strength developing even as we see the effects of our own progress.

Instead of being discouraged by the deep waters, we see their power.

We are supported in the deep waters which rise around us by our strength and intuition.

We are carried forward by the strength of the streams which become rivers of deep waters.

We stay on top of the deep waters and revel in their power as we are carried forward.

We have learned how to keep our balance in the deep waters.

We can find our footing once again, farther down the channel.

Deeper waters carry resources, power and strength.

When we keep our peace and balance, that is what we experience.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com 

Dealing With Interruptions

When we are faithful to our purpose, we are able to move forward with confident direction.

We have an innate sense of who we are and why we are here.

Opinions are a kind of interruption.

Our deep listening within creates a secure path for us.

Discovering the process of listening within and taking action is the most valuable thing we can learn.

The next goal is to avoid becoming distracted.

Our progress can be measured in how we maintain our single-mindedness.

By letting ourselves be enriched through guidance within, we are able to remain on track.

Opinions, even our own, are based on current circumstances and past experiences.

Inner listening goes beyond that.

We have access to the Universe of information.

We have an unlimited Source.

We do best by drawing upon these resources which come to us from within without limit.

We do best by accepting the embrace and care of the Infinite.

We become consistent by not allowing anything to interrupt our attention.

Of course, we have many opportunities to practice refocusing, but since we know it is the best way to proceed, we learn to stay focused.

Our lives are here to be uplifted and then to be an uplifting force in our communities.

By committing ourselves to a course of inner listening and guided action, we become consistent in our progress.

We are successful and happy and we encourage others to develop their own inner listening and action.

Our Universe provides this way of communicating with us and gives us access to Its uninterrupted guidance and happiness.

What wonderful and consistent resource to have.

© 2019 Kathryn Hardage

www.pebblesofpeace.blogspot.com