Ecclesiastes 11:10
So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.

Obviously, there are a lot of verses regarding peace but I just liked this one so that is why I picked it. I was actually looking for something regarding cemeteries but couldn't find anything and found several on death but still liked the one above. Why cemeteries and death?? I am about to share why..
When is the last time you drove into a cemetery? Was it for a funeral? Not a good memory I'm sure,maybe not a peaceful time odds are even if you were at peace for the person passing, others around you crying or talking,etc. Not quiet time.
If you had a bad day at work or chaotic at home or just "one of those weeks" drive into a cemetery-drive into the back-hopefully there isn't a burial going on. It is so peaceful- there is not a sound, you might hear the traffic from the road but if it is big enough- you might not hear that either. I know this sounds crazy and I'm OK with that because it really can wipe away anything that is not giving me peace. Even if it is only 5 minutes worth, it is still peace. Usually when I do this, I just feel calm for the remaining of the day or longer.
It is quiet with lush green grass, beautiful flowers and stones with loving words. All I usually do is drive through slowly and that can be enough. Years ago, I used to get out and walk but have found that I don't even have to do that to get that overwhelming peace.
I like to look at old graveyards for just history reasons and talked to Mike last night about taking Melissa to one just to see the grave sites of 100 plus years old. It amazes me that the stones last that long and that it is something that was done back then just as it is today. But that is for a totally different reason.
I feel peace in other places as well, the library, a quiet park, in the woods, on a farm but it is a different peace. In the cemetery it is a peace with God. I just can't describe it and at the risk of sounding strange, I just had to share it. Might not work for you but it is worth a try on a day when you just need to exhale. Let me know if you do!
Do you know someone who has that gentle peaceful spirit that just oozes from them? I wish I was that way. I am loud. I laugh loud. I talk loud. My brain is loud-it just is non stop from one thing to the next.I feel like I have been that way for so many years and every time I meet someone with that kind spirit-it is the one trait I would love to breath in and absorb. I just do not have that gentle spirit, I try but it last 5 minutes. LOL So those peaceful times are important to me. Not that I can't be gentle and soothing when the time is appropriate, someone is sick and needs care or whatever it is, but on a normal every day basis forget it. But that's OK, I'm at peace about who I am and that God loves me for me. I can change a lot of things about myself but that would require a whole personality makeover and I don't think God wants me to change THAT much :) I loudly love life and laughter is how I now like to think of it!