“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” -Virginia Woolf
I’m going to do my best to grab life by the horns. I’m here for this entire ride, and it’s easy to forget that.
“Buy the ticket, take the ride.” -Hunter Thompson
Sitting things out locked away, in a tiny safe space day in and day out isn’t it. I thought really hard about becoming a monk or spending summers away, and I just knew peace would find me there. But after my second week away on my little pilgrimage, I realized that the challenge isn’t to live in solitary peace. The challenge is to create peace in chaos, retreat to peace for moments inside myself so that I can then gift peace to those I love. Peace for me is very holy, but it isn’t some solitary act. Peace is the one thing I can cultivate and give away for free. One of the phrases going around is “Be his peace.” (referring to a significant other.) And I think that really shouldn’t be limited to a single man in your life. Gift it to everyone you love, to those who are weary, to your kids, and the list goes on. Peace is a collective act.
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