06/24/2025
Peace?! 🕊️🌾
May 28th
🌟 Quote:
“When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut,
Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs?”
— Gerard Manley Hopkins
When all around me feels chaotic, or when I simply have a busy day, it can feel like my heart is racing, or as though there are still voices talking in my mind long after the world has gone quiet.
On days like this, many people want to reach for a glass of wine and zone out into a show that carries them into another world.
But I’ve learned to do something different: to regroup and reconnect with myself—my core.
I like to go down to the horses and just sit with them. I have a little stool and I do some quiet, centering exercises I’ve developed over time. I’ll share one with you in today’s exercise. What I love is how the animals gather around me when I do this. The horses come first, but the chickens, cats, and dogs follow. It’s beautiful.
It’s not just a coincidence. When we emit peaceful, coherent electromagnetic energy, animals feel it. And they gather to bask in it.
Research from the HeartMath Institute has shown that humans and horses emit measurable electromagnetic energy. Depending on our emotions, our hearts send out powerful fields that influence those around us. When our heart and brain rhythms are coherent, we improve emotional regulation and cognitive function—for ourselves and our horses.
💭 Thought for the Day:
The next time you’re with someone and feel a sudden change in mood—joy, sadness, or discomfort—remember: you’re both emitting vibes. Try shifting your emotion or thought and notice whether it shifts the energy between you.
🧘 Exercise for the Day:
Sit quietly and comfortably. Begin by taking slow, deep breaths. To anchor your awareness, become mindful of three things at once. You might say to yourself:
“Try not to move… stare at a dot… listen to the wind or birds… feel the tightness of your clothing.”
Now bring to mind a moment when you felt totally peaceful. Really feel that peace.
What shape is peace?
What is its color?
Does peace have a smell? A taste? A texture?
Now, hold your hands out in front of you as if cupping a small glowing orb. As you inhale, imagine the peaceful feeling growing between your palms. As you exhale, slowly bring your hands closer together, condensing and strengthening that peaceful energy.
When you’re ready, raise your hands and gently draw them down the sides of your body, as if washing yourself with peace. Then rest your hands on your heart. Let that peace settle there.
Do this practice often, and you’ll feel it expand within you—and your animals will want to come share the space you create. Often Peace is fleeting, it is up to us to try and nurture it in our souls and meditate on making it a part of who we are. We can always aks our Maker to help peace become a part of who we are.
This picture was a special moment with Elindril, she came and laid her bed on my chest and stood there for a long time resting with and on me.
