I see you, deer, outside the window, resting on fallen leaves between the wooden fence rails and the blue spruce. You appear peaceful and content, while not twenty feet away your son or daughter nestles under the apple tree. How sweet you look in repose, like the rambunctious toddler who wreaks havoc when awake, yet when asleep melts my heart and I want to give soft kisses, and think only loving thoughts. With the view of you, my shoulders release, I breathe softly. I prepare dinner, eat, then linger at the table and relish your presence as you watch over us. When you are ready, you rise, wait for your young one, glance back at the house, and walk away toward the river. I thank you for your gentle visit. Peace—in this moment— so easy and uncomplicated.
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
Aristotle
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
Eckhart Tolle
“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”
Dalai Lama XIV
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