Dear Peace

I have been so lucky to be your friend and to have you with me beneath the endless turmoil and change which takes place on the surface of life. It has only been through God’s Grace that I’ve known you at all but the thought of having lived without you all these years is unbearable. But somehow we were introduced at the moment I needed you most and you’ve kept with me, unfailingly, ever since. I cannot imagine how life could be lived without you.

It is when I write that I feel your presence most strongly. I feel you here now without having to ask or even wish. You are with me as an unfailing brother to help me to feel not alone.

Whenever there is quiet I feel you are with me. I no longer need to hope and pray, I need only to feel.