Peace-Filled Day

 “Today is my peaceful day.”

I caught the sunrise this morning.

The quote above is from a monk who is part of the Walk for Peace, the monks who are currently walking 2300 miles. Some evenings I catch their livestream of the dharma talk they give to crowds in the town they are in. They have caught the imagination of all of us who pray for peace on a daily basis. 

The teaching is always about setting an intention each day to be at peace--and then knowing if you aren't, you can stop, breathe, and refocus yourself on being at peace.

I set my intention today. I ran into issues being able to include these photos on this blog. No matter. I found a workaround and I'm still at peace.

Earlier it began to rain and I had things to mail. While walking back from the mailbox, I started to write this poem in my head. I've been trying to get to this blog for several days now, and this was just the motivation I needed. I have vowed to live my life as a writer once again, something that I feel got lost somewhere along the way. But it's coming back. Now and again I find it. Like today.

I walked out to the mailbox

on a cold, rainy February morning

hoodie protecting my head

flip-flops on my feet

I wasn't in a hurry

I took my time, looked

around

Thought about the

immense satisfaction

of sending a handwritten

card to a friend

Paying a couple of bills

I'm resting easy today

Small goals met

Nothing pressing on me

Wild rice and chicken soup

for lunch

Living my peace-filled day

one moment at a time.