Thinking Quietly Within

Secure in the familiarity of our surroundings we feel at home, peaceful, contented, looking within for answers to questions that keep popping up. Striving always, to take care of ourselves, to keep our faith and hope alive and constant as best we can. Lighting candles of intellect, thinking of beautiful possibilities in our daily lives, carrying us forward into the future where we can estimate our destiny and what we will achieve in time. Forging our way through turmoil, strife and suffering gives us a say in what we do to get through it all, as suffering takes our energy from us without permission, leaving us tired and weak without any consolation. Temporarily, it strips our minds of consciousness until we finally get back on track, thinking quietly within ourselves, letting our spirituality give to us the con- templation and consolation that we need at last.