Prompt: Pick a human experience and describe it.
A Glimpse Of Peace
I had a very profound moment a few weeks back that I’d like to share. It was morning time, I was gripped with crippling anxiety again, and in desperation I closed my eyes and said a prayer to my Higher Power to take away my difficulties, just take it, take my worries and help me.
When I opened my eyes and took a deep breath, I felt the most wonderful feeling of pure peace come over me. I was completely amazed, I never really pray like I’ve been told to do, I didn’t think prayer would work for me. But I did it and I immediately experienced a taste of peace I have wanted for so very long.
Peace for me that morning was being calm, feeling extremely relaxed in my skin, eased from troubles and worries, breathing deeply and feeling present in the moment. I felt total contentment, I was free from trying to control outcomes. I was in true acceptance of myself and my surroundings, I wasn’t fighting anything anymore.
Humans are often rushing around, stressed beyond belief, or in my case the opposite, frozen and panicked about some unknown future scenario. Being able to experience a state of peace, no matter how brief, is a blessing. It’s a transformative experience, it’s a quieting of the turmoil plaguing us. In a word, peace is beautiful.
My goal is to be able to experience this taste of peace much more frequently, to tap into it every morning if possible. I definitely need to become more comfortable with prayer. I will work with sponsor Shawn on that. Right now it may be going against my nature to attain a peaceful state, but that does not mean things can’t change. Easy does it. It’s practice, not perfection. Deep breath. I got this.
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