November slipped in quietly, and I missed the day of her arrival.
I’m not sure about you, but I have found that days, weeks, and months fly by rapidly. I ponder: Is it age? Is time speeding up, or have the energies ramped up? I honestly don’t know.
Everything seems to have speeded up. In its path, the world appears to have lost its balance. At times, I, too, feel off balance.
Can you relate to this?
When I came across this poem the other day, it resonated with my soul. In the madness of the world, we need to find sanctuary.
Sanctuary in the small things all around us!
The poem speaks to this: finding that moment of peace and grace.
May you find some peace within these words.
Some days, the world feels too sharp,
Too loud, too raw to touch.
Headlines scream, phones ring,
And chaos dances at our doorstep.
But I’ve learned to find sanctuary
In small moments of grace—
The way sunlight paints shadows on walls,
How wind whispers through leaves,
The steady rhythm of my own breath
When I remember to just… breathe.
I’ve learned to turn off the noise,
To silence the endless chatter,
To find strength in gentle things—
A cup of coffee at dawn,
A moment of kindness between strangers,
The quiet courage of growing things.
They say the world’s gone mad,
But perhaps the secret is knowing
When to step away from the storm,
When to guard your peace like gold,
When to let your heart be still
In a world that never stops spinning.
For in this rush of endless moments,
We must remember to be gentle
With ourselves, with each other,
To find beauty in broken places,
To create spaces of quiet wonder
In corners of our own making.
This is how we stay whole—
Not by hardening our hearts,
But by knowing when to soften,
When to rest, when to breathe,
When to let the world’s noise fade
Into the background of our being.
~ ‘Find Your Quiet in the Storm’ by Etheric Echoes
Take care, my dear friends.
With love, joy and gratitude,
Carolynne