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Peace

You may be wondering why your life is so chaotic and crazy right now.  At certain times in our lives we all face this problem; whether we are a mother of four, a first year college student, care giver of a loved one, coach on a little league team, a professor of a well-known college, or a single dad who is left with the responsibility of caring for his young children. Let’s face it; we all will go through this at one point in time.
My quiet place

How do we deal with this and what is the answer? Peace. The answer is “Peace”. Finding our peaceful place can seem to be hard to do. But
this one simple answer can make the world of difference to some and to others this may be the last string of hope before doing something they may regret.  This may be the difference between life and death.

I used to be a social worker for a social service agency who dealt with child abuse cases some years ago. I use to go out to the homes of children who had been abused to check on them and their caregivers. Most of the cases had one single thing in common, the parents or caregivers allowed life problems to overwhelm them and they ended up taking out their stress on the child. They went too far with discipline because they were not able to deal with life’s issues. For most of these cases, the parents just needed someone to show them how to find that calming peaceful place in their life.  They needed a break from all of the chaos and craziness. There was no peace around them and so they did the unthinkable when faced with one more problem they could not deal with and they went too far.    

My peaceful place is going outside enjoying nature and meditating. I would spend time outside for 30 minutes or an hour along with nature and breath in and out, meditating on good things. Sometimes I would make a “zoo day”. This is one of my favorite places in the world. There are a lot of quiet places to curl up in at the zoo and lay back and rest. The zoo or nature may not be your thing; but the point is to find your quiet peaceful place for a certain period of time of the day and go there. It could be the bathroom for some people, your home office, the laundry room, the attic, the basement, etc. It does not matter where as long as it is peaceful and quiet.  


Think about it: Have you spent time in your quiet place today?      

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  1. UnknownApril 13, 2015 at 6:21 PM

    Thank you my sister for those encouraging words,I did step out today and stand in amazement at how beautiful the trees and the birds looked and I spoke to my God, and the peace that came over me give me the strength to make it through this difficult day.Thank you for that post today, God bless you!!

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  2. marquettaspeaksApril 13, 2015 at 6:30 PM

    Thank you for reading my post!!!
    God bless you my sister!!! I am so glad that you went to a quiet place to talk with God. Sometime we would be amazed at how God will speak to us in those moments...be encouraged!!

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