peace. love. joy.
are we promised these in life?
my mind wanders to instances of opposites.
strife where peace is longed for. hatred in place of love. sadness occurring for so many reasons, instead of the joy we all crave (and deserve).
i think we need to realize that life brings hardships, and that only we can create our own versions of peace, love, and joy.
only we can seek calm and quiet within, with the world raging around us.
only we can try to understand and forgive, when we outwardly struggle against injustice.
and only we can address sadness and grief, meeting these emotions where they are, and seeking and experiencing happiness once again, after the depths of despair.
individual choice. we can choose our reactions and responses. we can live the lives we desire.
[the unedited passage above was written during a timed freewrite that i participated in on monday with five other women. we were each given physical objects that became our prompts. mine was a brooch with three angels bearing the words peace love joy. we were allowed seven minutes to write.]
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