Sit in Peace

Here is the foot of a tree. Here is an empty, quiet place.

Here is the cool green of the grass.

My child, why don’t you sit down?

Sit upright. Sit with solidity. Sit in peace.

                                                Thich Nhat Hanh

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here is the moment

all coolness

and dirt

all wind

and sun

all quietness

and emptiness

a full emptiness

as I take root

and drink from the earth

and am nourished by the sky

a sacred child

on a spring day