When was the last time you felt at peace?
Posted on Jun 17th, 2008
by 
tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 17, 2008:
This sounds like what people say at a funeral -- "doesn't she look peaceful?" -- and not exactly something that I aspire to or take that much notice of. Not that I'm seeking out angst or anything, but I get excited a lot, and laugh hard enough to cry, and sometimes cry for real either because something is sad or because it's so touching and sweet that I get overwhelmed and it spills out in tears, and sometimes I feel like I'm right at the edge of something amazing and my heart pounds hard and my eyes forget to blink but all in all, peaceful is just something that passes through somewhere wedged in the midst of curiosity, side-splitting laughter and total astonishment at all this amazing stuff I get to experience every single day. Although I guess maybe I'm at peace with being chronically excited?
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September 2008 
Great answer and truly enlightening. We DO get moments of peace all the time–wedged between all of the highs and lows.
me too. all what you just said, but peaceful moments too – sleeping on the couch in the sunshine with the cat purring nearby and the dogs both snoring and a book resting on my face, comes to mind. :-)
I think one can have a peaceful core on an ever slippery slope. I love how you described this.