There seems to be a lot going on in the world, much of it unpleasant. Not that unusual you might think, but the degree of unpleasantness is higher than usual as the USA launch death and destruction on hundreds of people in Iran – many of them ordinary citizens going about their business, including children. While few would pretend that the Iranian regime is a caring or civilised one, raining death...

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Stillness Knows

Stillness is not empty.
It is the space where my body exhales
before my mind explains.

Calm is not the absence of movement.
It is the moment I stop forcing
what was never meant to rush.

My nervous system speaks quietly.
Not in panic.
Not in urgency.
But in signals I used to ignore
because I was taught to push through.

Now I listen.
To the slowing of my breath.
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