What places of the world are sacred to you?

What parts of the world are most important to you? Where on the planet do you find peace?

I can find peace anywhere if I have peace in my heart, however, some places lend themselves more easily to a feeling of peacefulness.  Some places are like peace triggers for me. 

Peace triggers: 

the Pitkin County Library and some certain books soothe me even while challenging me.










Colorado Mountain College - the Aspen campus -- I breathe more fully the second I step across the threshold, the photo below is a part of a piece of art hanging on the wall in the upstairs hallway.




sometimes a bedroom, uncluttered, is a peace trigger




sometimes a doorway made with care becomes a portal to a magical place  (earthship link)




a bath can transform me, renew me, regenerate me, calm me




oh thank heaven, thank goodness, thank mother earth for water, for every little thing, but extra for water, glorious water.....  oh water is surely sacred.




reclining with eyes closed, out of the wind, in the sunshine can melt away any tension I thought I needed......




coming into a cool, shaded place after a longtime in the sunshine........   ahhhh.  and shades of blue......




a protected, quiet nook can trigger a quiet in me......   earthtones can hush my mind......




sometimes just the sight of my soft couch is a perfect peace trigger.  sometimes it's surfing my friends' blogs on gaia that soothes my soul.  now and then I glance at the wall above the sofa and a memory brings a smile, a tear, a heartswell and such a longing for a life rewind button.  and in that memory there is an opportunity to make my peace with the past.




gardens-- flower gardens, vegetable gardens, sculpture gardens, sound gardens, soul gardens.....





sometimes going somewhere else is nice.....




high lonely places are essential, there is a certain green that when contrasted with a grey sky.........




I think the Earth herself is sacred.  Her wholeness.  Her high and low places.  Her inside and outside.  Her upside and downside.  Soft places, hard places, rough & tumble places.  Rivers, streams, oceans, mountains, deserts, skies, caves, prairies.  Icy places.  Warm places.  All sacred.  All an invitation to peace?