Saturday, 13 January 2018

Some Small Heaven by Ian Adams



This is a collection of prayer poems, which are powerful and punchy.

Each one is accompanied by an image which in more or less direct ways resonates with the text.

I started to tag pages of the prayers I wanted to share, but I ended up tagging almost every page. Some have an explicit link to Advent but for most it is only implied and they would speak well at any time of the year.

Here is one…

Your Peace For a Peaceful World

To become peaceful ground
the peace you seek will need to evolve
from an idea into a practice.
From something you advocate, into something you are.

Peace in your world
can only come into being in so far as you are peaceful.

Your peace will produce a peaceful world.
Or you anxiety will produce an anxious world,
your fear a fearful world,
and your anger an angry world.

Your peace is not beyond you.
It has always been present,
an element of your divine belonging.

This peace is best rediscovered one moment at a time.

So today, practice the peace that is within you.
Let each decision, each action and each reaction
become an act of peace.
And so you will find that peace is waiting for you.

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