Natural Touchstones

When the chaos and stress of life scream loudly inside us,  we may start screaming for peace & quiet, peace of mind or just plain peace.

With a little help from mother nature, we can easily find our way back to our senses.

Because when we step into nature, we begin to feel peace.

In the soft, supportive ground beneath us and in the breeze that caresses our skin.

When we look into nature, we begin to see peace.

It seems to sway with the trees in the wind and play in the surf along the shores.

When we breathe in deeply, we begin to smell peace.

In the intoxicating perfume of plants, to the clean icy clarity of snow that may surround us.

When we eat natural foods, a peaceful vitality fills us.

With the freshness of crisp vegetables and the sweet juice of ripe fruit.

When we can eventually settle our internal busy chatter, we begin to hear peace.

It makes music with leaves in the pouring rain and alerts us to the hushed stillness of a snowfall.

In the beginning of our quest for peace, we may think we have to search outside of ourselves. Nature has it, we don’t. Others have found it, not us. But this isn’t the case at all.

Mother nature in her subtle and ever present way is not giving us peace, but providing touchstones that promote feelings of peace to well-up inside us. She's constantly reminding us, that peace is and always has been within us to generate. So wisely, she provides us with ways to get in touch with our inner peace, so as muscle memory builds, conjuring our sense of peace can begin to happen regardless of circumstance.

Thank you Mother Nature, for creating many peaceable touchstones. To readily remind us of the possibilities within.

One of my favorite touchstones: Time spent with cheerful, gentle & trusting Chickadees.