Clyde Lee Dennis here, and today in our seven good minutes. Extra segment, I want to explore that

beautiful truth about how in the gentle embrace of morning stillness, you discover that peace is not

something you must create, but something you already are, beneath all the noise and movement

of daily life. This wisdom points to one of the most profound misunderstandings

of our time, the belief that peace is something we must achieve, earn, or manufacture through our

efforts. We think we need to meditate perfectly, control our thoughts completely, or arrange our

external circumstances just right in order

to experience peace. But morning stillness reveals a different truth entirely. When you sit

quietly in those early hours, not trying to fix anything or become anything, you begin to notice

something remarkable. Beneath the mental chatter, beneath the worries and plans, and endless commentary,

there's something that was never disturbed.

There's a quality of awareness, of being, that remains calm and clear,

regardless of what's happening on the surface of your mind.

This isn't a piece you create through technique or effort.

It's a piece you uncover by simply being still enough to notice it. It's like discovering that beneath the waves on the

surface of the ocean, there are depths that remain forever calm and undisturbed. The waves don't

create the depth, and they can't destroy it either.

Morning stillness becomes a daily practice of remembering this deeper truth about yourself.

Each time you choose to be still, you're not working to manufacture peace.

You're simply creating the conditions to recognize the peace that's already present.

You're learning to distinguish between the temporary turbulence of thoughts and emotions and the unchanging stillness that witnesses them all. This recognition

is profoundly liberating because it means peace isn't dependent on your circumstances, your mood,

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