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 piece.

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, or your ability to control your mind mind.

It's not something that can be taken away from you or that you can lose through making mistakes.

It's the very ground of your being, as natural and essential as your breath.

Here's a question for your reflection.

What would change in your life if you truly understood that peace isn't something you need to achieve, but something you can simply rest into by being still enough to notice what's already here.

And here's an affirmation to carry with you.

I am peace itself, and in stillness I remember the calm depths of my being that no external storm can disturb until next time.

I'm Clydeleie Dennis and this has been seven good minutes extra