What brings you peace?
William Butlet Yeats said
“And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow …..referring to his moving to the the Lake Isle of Innisfree. He was referring to the peace he experienced surrounded by nature as opposed to city life.
I feel peaceful when walking by the sea but it is a transient feeling. It doesn’t take long to come back to reality though I do have my photos to remind me.
My real peace comes from knowing my family are safe and well. As a mother I worried as my children grew up with the threat of a bomb going off, or a riot starting. This was the norm in Northern Ireland during the ‘troubles’ . I got no peace until they were home tucked up in bed.
Now I get some peace knowing my family are healthy, happy and settled, each perusing a career they love and each being a credit to their dad and me.
The outside world may be in turmoil but in my own little world peace has to be knowing all is well with my family.
CHATTER 