Finding Peace

What does every Miss World contestant – and also every abuse survivor want? Peace.

Peace from the noise, Peace from the terror, Peace from the eggshells, Peace from the pain

Peace

Space

Freedom to be.

A safe space. Rest.

Peace to sleep, safety to be.

Loved…

So, I may disagree slightly with Eckhart Tolle, as peace is found when circumstances change – when a situation of abuse changes.

When the space is opened up, where there is safety, there is space to breathe, peace.

And in that moment of peace, comes often the same realisation, of Who I am.

I take myself back a week.

I had no peace for 2 weeks. Anxiety was ruling my mind, constant swirl of a trauma reaction. I was unsettled.

Yet I was safe, Yet I was and am loved, Yet I could breathe…I had been taken back.

Part of recovering peace, for me was about remembering who I deeply am. That I am valuable, that a part of me was hurting (not my whole self), part of me required loving attention and warmth. I didn’t have peace until I could offer myself this tenderness.

My mind didnt have peace until after EMDR treatment.

It was all part of the process of recovering my emotional equilibrium and balance.

Peace.

I can sense that im in a state of peace, because my mind feels quiet.

To be honest, I struggle to write, when there doesnt seem to be that urge to write about something that’s causing pain or anger, or difficulty or trauma.

What is peace for you?

Freedom from the noise?

Rest?

Quiet?

Time to breathe?

That deep realisation of knowing who you are?

Our True Self can never be lost

Even for a single moment

Just like the present can never be lost

it is always here and now

whether we pay attention to it

Haemin Sumin, Love for Imperfect things

Find a moment to be still with your true self today.

Be Still. Quiet. Attentive.

Do not strive for peace.

Listen attentively, like you’d embrace your friend.

Discover that peace like joy resides deep within.