KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN TO PEACE. MAKE SPACE IN THIS MOMENT TO BREATHE.

Think of peace as you think of sunlight. Even on the starless nights, you know that somewhere in the world, light is still pouring through, and in the coming hours, will find the way to you. Even in the moments when rain falls from the sky and you cannot feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, you know, beyond the clouds, light is still strong enough to fill the ground beneath your feet.

Light is abundant. It is plentiful. And because you have seen it time and time again, you believe it, even when you cannot see it.

May you learn to see peace in the same way. Sure, it may be harder to pursue peace in this season, versus a previous season where you were a lot happier, but because you have known peace, you can believe that you can know it again. Because you have seen others bring peace through their friendship, music, poetry, activism...you can choose to believe that peace lives within you, too. It’s not for a select few. It’s not only available to those with dynamic personalities or accolades and experience. Peace is abundant. It is endless and boundless. And as sure as it was present in previous seasons of your life, or in those you look up to, it is also available to you.

If you feel that you are not enough or that you do not have enough to experience peace in your life, that’s okay. Why? Because there is peace for that, too. There is peace to be found for any feeling, including the feeling that peace is not available to you. This is what endless, boundless peace is...peace that doesn’t run dry, even when you feel that you have run dry.

Find this peace by first remembering that pursuing peace is a journey. You can choose to believe it is real while also choosing to know it’s okay if it takes a while to truly experience it, especially in the dry seasons.

Keep your mind open to peace. Make space in this moment to breathe.

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Affirmation: “Today, I am taking intentional time to pursue peace.”
Word of the day: Breathe - to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth (Oxford Dictionary)
Journal: What are some ways you can regularly pursue peace this month?

Sincerely,
Morgan
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols