That Calm Place Between / myLot

East London, South Africa

March 2, 2016 2:13pm CST

What is that calm place between? Is that calm place between good and bad, happy and sad, up and down? And what do we call it then, other than between? Is that calm place a happy place? A refuge from the storm? A warm and safe place? Or is that calm place a dangerous place to be? Only for the emotionless and empty? No dancing in the rain; no crying in the rain. Or is that calm place simply that calm place between? photo: Teresa's own photo

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

2 Mar 16

If it's calm, enjoy it while it lasts, I wouldn't analyse it.

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Teresa Schultz

@teresaschultz (50)

• East London, South Africa

3 Mar 16

Great advice, @jaboUK Jabo, thank you. I do have a problem with analyzing everything! :)

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459805)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 16

A calm place can be a happy place, or it can only be a moment before or after the storm. It depends how you feel.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

14 Mar 16

It seems I have missed some of your writings - Good Morning, thinking of you always.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29343)

• Eugene, Oregon

13 Mar 16

We can hope that it is simply "that calm place between," that will give us what we need to rejoin the fray.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247219)

• United States

12 Mar 16

Lovely poem, Teresa, and a perfect photo! We all need calm places in our lives, otherwise we'd be manic depressives.

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Jay Kaur

@mavlana (1019)

• India

3 Mar 16

Happiness and sadness are two sides of our lives...I think none of them can be called a calm place.Calmness grows when you drop philosophies,jealousy,comparisons..when you enters your self.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130247)

• India

3 Mar 16

As they say - after the storm comes the calm, after the calm comes the sunshine. Better you wait for that sunshine.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12646)

• Ireland

2 Mar 16

@teresaschultz I suppose neither great happiness or sorrow can be calm so yes, somewhere in between it has to be.

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