i think of this as another description for my job.
there was a nice quote sold on blank note cards a few years ago; i’ve seen it around a lot, so you may have also already seen it. it was an all white, sqare card that read:
peace.
it does not mean to be in a place
where there is no noise, trouble
or hard work. it means to be in
the midst of those things and still
be calm in your heart
.
the author is unknown. i personally would choose the word “still” over “calm,” but i enjoy her/his word choice. from dictionary.com, this etymology of the word:
[Origin: 1350–1400; (n., adj.) ME calm(e) < It calma (n.), calmo (adj.) < LL cauma summer heat (with l perh. from L calére to be hot) < Gk kaûma (s. kaumat-) burning heat; akin to kaíein to burn (see caustic); (v.) ME calmen < It calmare, deriv. of the n.]
so the sensation of calm points to the sensation of burning. if we were to take this unknown author’s description, peace, then, is equivalent to the sensation of burning in the heart.
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March 6th, 2007 at 10:33 am
it’s funny, for as obvious as this free-form poem is, i still find myself looking for peace in those quiet places that don’t seem to exist too much anymore. habit, i guess, but i’m slowly coming around.
March 9th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
It is good to take a walk in the woods once in a while. Like a little sapling that needs protection, we need that physical calm and solitude sometimes. Once our minds grow strong as a tree, it is easier to find peace in any place, any time.