i find creating gives me peace, because what i create comes from someplace deep,i find the most comfort and peace is when i sleep there's just something so wonderful about drifting off into someplace else and being away from this plane.

Watching the stars & the full moon thru my window,
having my headphones on,playing the keyboard & getting
inspiration 2 create.It's like a feeling beeing all alone in the universe
cuz U're the only 1 that can hear it,so it's like creating your own soundscape.
Moments like that is the best as I feel no everyday stress whatsoever.
Kinda like a natural high.
/peace Manki

I go here

I've worried and been concerned about so many trivial and serious things so much in my life that I can't even recall a time when I felt totally at peace.

When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike with my friends to Lake Anne center...we'd have about $3.00 in our pockets and it would be enough to last us the entire day here..lol We'd buy candy, chips, (I'd buy, yes, a Coke...but it would be in a glass bottle, not a can)...we'd ride our bikes all around the center, climb on the concrete play structures (which now seem rather dangerous and stupid..lol..if you fell, it would have been instant injury)...sit by the lake, occasionally fish (it's the location of my first, last and ONLY fishing experience...which started off with me stepping in dog doo and having about 2 dozen bees sting my ankle...whoo hoo!), ride the paddle boats that were for rent there...many a summer day was wasted at this place.

I can still go back there to this day, and be instantly transported back to being a 9 year old, excited about my "day away" spent here..

Most nights, my son Daniel who's autistic doesn't sleep. But those nights when he does are the most peaceful times for me.

REDBABY said:

Nah, you need even more rude!! (yeah, not work safe)

what brings me peace... when i smell certain smells and they remind me of times passed,
like crayola crayons remind me of summers at my gradmothers house she had a drawer full of coloring books and crayons, happy times. nothing beats the smell of laundry that has been dried on the line outside

Carry on... Red and Joey... as I am sure you will.

REDBABY said:

Nah, you need even more rude!! (yeah, not work safe)

Where I relaxed on the lawn and enjoyed the view...

I was just telling a friend yesterday how I'm such an introvert most of the time...that most of the action in my life goes on inside of my own head. I find peace and comfort in thinking..just thinking, a lot of times about nothing at all..and a lot of times about the same things (the repetition of the thought-process brings me peace...OCD?? maybe ).

I meditate most days, just to find a clarity in my mind and a peace in my soul..even if its just for 5 minutes. The serenity of the area in which I live, especially at night, when everyone else has gone to bed, is what brings those moments of self-awareness that I so desperately need sometimes.

I was just telling a friend yesterday how I'm such an introvert most of the time...that most of the action in my life goes on inside of my own head. I find peace and comfort in thinking..just thinking, a lot of times about nothing at all..and a lot of times about the same things (the repetition of the thought-process brings me peace...OCD?? maybe ).

I meditate most days, just to find a clarity in my mind and a peace in my soul..even if its just for 5 minutes. The serenity of the area in which I live, especially at night, when everyone else has gone to bed, is what brings those moments of self-awareness that I so desperately need sometimes.

I'd have to say that my martial arts training brings me the most peace. Working out by myself and being caught up in the moment is when I'm the happiest and feel completely free.
[This message was edited Fri Aug 27 20:14:55 2004 by NovaAngel]

NovaAngel said:

Alone time can definitely be a whole moment within itself, free of distraction or manipulations, one can simply be.

~Hugs

music and woodworking. i listen to my music and sing and all the stress i had before just melts away.
with woodworking i don't have time to dwell on my problems because i have to think about my cut list and what tools work best for the day. a table saw can cut all the stress away. its excercise and therapy making things with your hands. and when your done you can sit back and enjoy the piece of furniture you made.

RUDE!!!

Spending quality time with my family... One day it will be different, I am so aware of this fact.

My niece and uncle/dad (he raised me since I was 1 years old) Forever grateful. ~Love

summerdawn said:

very cool!