Serenity is the name of the game.

Today is a busy day, my friends, but I still feel a deep inner peace, regardless of whatever chaos may swirl around me. How? Don't ask because I don't know. It feels like my heart is resting in the image above, gazing out on the serene surroundings, listening to the water trickle over rocks, smelling nothing but the freshness of nature, feeling a cool breeze.

I'm grateful:

• For a minute of deep breathing with my eyes closed.
• For music that both motivates and calms me.
• For a brief but lovely phone conversation with my mom, who was thinking of me at the moment I called... because she was cleaning! LOL Apparently I am a clean freak!

{Image via Raleigh Landscape}