Claim Peace and Reflect it to Others

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.
Etty Hillesum
An Interrupted Life(gratefulness.org)

Interestingly, having brunch after posting this, I heard the beautiful sound of a Mourning Dove, then it landed on the rail of my deck just a few feet away and kept pacing back and forth looking in the window of my sunroom apparently looking at me. It landed on a beautiful large palm plant right outside the door shaking the branches as it "mourned" again soon to fly off to nearbye Cedar tree still "mourning" that sadly beautiful sound.

The Dove represents the feminine power of giving, prophecy, and the hope a new beginning. She is the embodiment of the maternal instinct, and is connected to Mother Earth and her creative abilities.

The Dove shows and reveals the veils between the spiritual and physical worlds. Her mournful call speaks to our deepest self and stirs both our emotions, and our imagination. The voice of the dove is a rain song and brings us hope of a new beginning.

The dove is the totem of "Between Times" and shows us the time of the thinning of the veils between the physical and the spiritual world. Listen for her call with your soul.