2014 June: peace

Day Six Peace train series Peace, what is it? So if Peace is not our personality, the absence of war, escaping to a quiet location or having certainty about all of our questions, then what can it be? My experiences of peace are all too often linked to the absence […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Six

6 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Five Peace train series Peace, what is it? Okay then let’s try certainty – reducing our world and lives to what is known so that we might ‘contain the fear’ and be prepared for exactly what is coming. But, this is not possible. It’s a fantasy reserved for those […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Five

5 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Four Peace train series Peace, what is it? So we think again and this time we might see peace as a place, a physical location. We imagine a solitary setting among a forest of trees or along an expansive deserted beach. We are almost lulled into believing that if […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Four

4 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Three Peace train series Peace, what is it? Alternatively, when we hear the word peace we often associate it with the absence of war. Leo Tolstoy wrote a book in the 19th Century entitled ‘War and Peace’. It infers that these are the two opposite ends of a continuum, war […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Three

3 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Two: Peace train series Peace, what is it? I grew with two very different grandmothers. One was graceful and quiet, very measured and loving. I saw in her a peace that was quiet and gentle. She was my maternal grandmother. Whereas my Dad’s mother was energetic, savvy (even feisty) […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Two

2 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley