Simple Serenity by Nancy Oelklaus

Author:Nancy Oelklaus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Loving Healing Press

Exercise 6-11: I wondered if the word “muck” were right for this piece. Then I learned that one definition for “muck” is “fertilizer.” Perfect. What is the month of January fertilizing for you?

6-12: Bunnies and Coyotes

Each morning as I stand in front of my bathroom mirror, I’m also watching the bunnies grazing in the yard outside—two larger rabbits and two smaller. Somehow it brings me peace to watch them eating breakfast just before I eat mine.

The last few nights we’ve heard coyotes howling, marauding through our neighborhood, while I, in my warm, safe bed, hope the bunnies cling tightly to the inner bushes and go unnoticed.

Today when I looked out the window, I saw one bunny. Harlan says the others are in the bushes, being cautious, but I fear he’s wrong, trying to mend my broken heart.

I’m letting my heart be broken, and I long for a world without coyotes.

Exercise 6-12: What do you long for? What do you do when your heart is broken?

6-13: Return Home

On the first day of my return home, I sit in bed with my coffee and look out the window to the wispy soft white cloud in the distance, lying peacefully among the trees. Beyond, I see the red roofs and tall Italian cypress of our village, snuggled into the base of the foothills of the Mogollon Rim.

I feel the shackles around my heart and soul fall away as I put the memory of metal and concrete, traffic, and hard edges, from my visit to the city, behind me.

My surroundings feed or starve my soul. I choose nature’s welcome. Home.

Exercise 6-13: What is home to you?

6-14: Holy Place

I headed to my favorite hiking trail, my place of solace and refuge.

I stopped in my favorite place—my cathedral—a plateau with a 360-degree view. To my left was Cathedral Rock. As I slowly turned left, there was Bell Rock, then Courthouse Butte, Gibraltar, and right in front of me, Baby Bell. In the distance was the chapel, hidden by the trees and hills, and then Thunder Mountain with Coxcomb in the distance. I breathed deeply, gave thanks, finished my hike, and then rested.

I followed the trailhead to the parking lot, got into my car, and eased it into the living traffic.

Exercise 6-14: What is your holy place?

6-15: Two-a-Day

One of the truths that became clear to me when I began my spiritual journey is that what I focus on, gets stronger.

When I found myself distraught over one bad news report after another, I decided that, instead of attending to current events, I would focus on performing two actions every day that make my part of the world a better place.

In the morning, I think about what those two actions will be. They don’t have to be large or earth-shaking. As I perform them, I am aware of good energy. At the end of the day, I give thanks.

Will you join me?

Exercise 6-15: What two actions might you take to make your part of the world better?

6-16: Miracle with

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