you give reasons to be peaceful

you are light to pierce the shade

you take time to show affection

you cause doubts and fears to fade

in the storms you are like sunshine

in the noise a still small voice

in the bitter wind a haven

in the swirling tide a choice

excerpt from “reasons”

Reasons to be peaceful can feel few and far between.

It has always been so.

Despite what is sometimes said, these days are no more difficult than those which came before (neither are they any less beautiful).

Still, reasons can feel few.

Too much hurry, too little tenderness.

Too much running, too little shelter.

But then we hear it, feel it, hold it for all it is worth.

The word that stills us and steals our anxiety.

The touch that soothes us and quiets our soul.

The mystery is that sometimes we are for other people that reassuring word, that gentle touch, even when we do not realise it.

Bringing point and purpose and, yes, perhaps even beauty to these days.