Introduction
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.”― Thomas Merton
In our world, crammed with information and activity, you may feel the need for some respite. I created the Daily Balm messages to flow soothing energy and kindness into your daily round and am now gathering them into monthly collections, and this one is from February 2022.
With much love from our home to yours.
Jane
1 February 2022 – A Web of Thoughts
Following on...
Our thoughts create a web
That can block us from reality.
2 February 2022 – Stillness
In the still of the night
Your thoughts can run riot
Yet nature offers peace.
Look out of your window.
3 February 2022 – Differences
No matter what
We are all connected.
4 February 2022 – Observing
You can be an observer
Of others' carnivals.
There's no need
To buy a ticket to their show.
5 February 2022 – Swirling
When your emotions are swirling inside
Pause, if you can.
Let them settle before you take action.
6 February 2022 – In Shade
Sometimes sadness comes to visit.
Let it be.
Pause to feel
Without fear.
Sadness is part of life's rich pattern.
7 February 2022 – Peace
If you need peace
It is loving, to take time
To pause.
Quieten the noise
Say 'No'
Put yourself first.
8 February 2022 – Frozen
It can happen to anyone:
You get stuck.
It is a sign
To stop pushing.
And take time to rest.
The answer will float up.
9 February 2022 – Detail
Nature's beauty
In all her glorious detail.
You carry the same inner sparks.
10 February 2022 – Nurturing Seedlings
We water our seedlings in life
With our thoughts, words, and actions.
What are you growing?
11 February 2022 – Alone
No-one is
Judging
Telling
Shouting
Insisting
Ruling.
She is at peace...alone.
12 February 2022 – Views Through
Some will see
Sky
Height
A turret
Light
Trees
Stone...
What do you see?
13 February 2022 – Backwards
Looking back
You will see the storms, hurt, pain and transgressions.
Looking back
You tend to carry pain forward.
14 February 2022 – Loving Energy
Loving energy
Can be discovered in the simplest of moments.
15 February 2022 – Peace
We all seek moments of peace...
Explore
Discover what works for you
Then ensure you have your moments of peace
Every day.
16 February 2022 – Different Directions
It is balanced to have different
Opinions
Solutions
Ideas
&
Share the same life values.
17 February 2022 – Stand Tall
Stand tall
Draw your line in the sand
And stay on it.
18 February 2022 – Falling Naturally
Let it flow.
Let it be.
Let it go.
19 February 2022 – Compassion
Compassion springs from a well of love.
Without beginning
Without end...
It is love in action.
20 February 2022 – Hope
'Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.'
by Emily Dickinson
21 February 2022 – Morning’s Light
Darkness banished by fresh light
With hope held at dawn.
Carrying you through
As you greet a new morn.
22 February 2022 – Layers
Dreams, hopes, and wishes
Can get buried under the demands of living
makes.
They are still here
You are still here.
Maybe you simply needed to rest awhile.
23 February 2022 – Catching Joy
Pausing to catch joy...
Oh, what a moment.
24 February 2022 – Designs
Someone conceived this design.
It was created
Stone by stone.
Your heartfelt dream
Can be created step by step.
25 February 2022 – Yellow
Yellow holds the spirit of hope.
It is the colour of communication in your energy field
The softness of early morning
Sunshine, contentment & warmth.
26 February 2022 – Noisy Distractions
As lovely as it is to spend time together
Sometimes you need peace
Away from the noise and distractions.
Quiet.
Time to be...just you.
27 February 2022 – Wisdom
Wisdom
When I have ceased to break my wings,
Against the faultiness of things,
And learned that compromises wait
Behind each hardly opened gate,
When I have looked Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And taken in exchange...my youth.
by Sara Teasdale
28 February 2022 – Storm Clouds
Hidden in Layers
Every storm is layered
As is every life experience.
Observe and question...
'What can I learn from this storm?'
Hold the belief in your heart
That every storm eventually clears.
© Copyright Jane Sturgeon 2021
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