So, plants were never on my official “list” of things to avoid buying when I started this challenge. My plan was to avoid the major pitfalls in our spending—random Amazon buys, clothing, shoes, and then I added in "eating out." But ever since starting the challenge, I’m rethinking what I spend on everything. It's been … Continue reading DAY 28: BUYING PLANTS
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Peace in Concentration…On Nothing
I can't concentrate. Concentration is hard for me. Or, at least it has been these last few years. This last month especially, with our schedule shuffling us all around, it's been exceptionally hard to think straight. Is it hard for you, too? When I was a younger person, school-aged and well into my twenties, I … Continue reading Peace in Concentration…On Nothing
Peace in Nature
There is peace all around. I write about peace because it took me so long to find. I was nervous, anxious, and constantly uncomfortable. I couldn’t relax or sit still. I couldn’t be myself or feel right. Ever. Now, I find a tree or a lake or a walking path and my heart rests. I … Continue reading Peace in Nature
Peace in Pool Days
Lazy days by the pool are the greatest. Is there a better way to invite peace? Or incite peace? To conjure it and accept it’s presence, like the breeze you’ve been praying for since last summer, that finally arrived without notice? I wonder if this was the place where I first found peace as a … Continue reading Peace in Pool Days
4 the Love of Peace 