IMAGES OF PEACE

There she was,
perched on the fence
as I drove by.

She looked so peaceful.

I hadn’t noticed her before
though I’m sure she was there
when I had driven by that place, many times before.
She was a welcome respite in a day
seemingly empty of peace.

Images of peace are welcome,
all the time,
but particularly days such as these,
where politics scream at us in the news, conversations, social media
causing sleepless nights and stress-beyond-stress.

Miss Cat-Perched-On-A-Fence “spoke” to me
and I realized that my walks had had no focus
so that day
I made a decision.
No longer would I wait for something to attract my attention on my walks and drives.
I would intentionally ‘focus’
and “look for” images of peace

Where have you seen images of peace?
What have been those images of peace?
When did you last experience/see/hear something that brought a deep sense of abiding peace?
When did you last experience someone who brought a deep sense of peace?

Was the sense of peace in a conversation? in the experience of Nature’s wonder?
Was it in a phrase you read or heard?

For me that day,
it was a four-legged feline beauty,
perched on a fence,
doing nothing,
other than simply be-ing and in doing so, she radiated peace for me.

Thank you little one,
for blessing my day
in a way I wasn’t expecting
and for reminding me that there are unexpected blessings around us every day,
when we open our eyes
and ears
and hearts
to see
hear
and feel them.


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© June Maffin
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