Protect Your Peace.

Peace; "freedom from disturbance; tranquility".

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This word has been on my heart so prominently this past month of September. In most seasons, no not the weather kind, more of my "human seasons" (let's please make that a thing:), I have a word, or saying that is on my mind very strongly. And for the entirety of September that saying was: "Protect. Your. Peace." All the time, that was playing through my head. I take these feelings of not being able to get something off my mind as a sign, and I like to listen to them. So, let's talk peace ladies :-)

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Something that I've began to recognize is how freaking powerful our brains are. And I think that many individuals, including myself at times, let outside "noise"/ circumstances control their peace, their happy, their overall free-ness. If we live this way, we will forever be unhappy. Because let's truly think about that for a moment. Letting the inevitable CONTROL YOU and your life? That sounds miserable. None of us deserve that.

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Now, notice how I used the word "control" rather than "effect" in that first sentence above. Letting outside noise control our lives is very harmful on our minds and hearts. However, lemme get this straight: if your boyfriend just cheated on you, if you absolutely hate your job, but need something right now to pay the bills, if you despise school, you're going through a rough place emotionally- if you're going through something difficult, you are allowed to feel all of that ish. Tap into those emotions. You are more than allowed to process and feel. I don't want to confuse you by feeding you the false belief that when negative, sad, horrible things happen, or if you're going through a hard time, that you can't be sad or be angry, and that you can't process those emotions. Because sister, that is the opposite of true. Feelings are a part of being a human, we can't stop them. Don't shrink those- fully allow yourself to feel whatever needs to be felt. What I want to do is challenge you to prioritize your peace. Even within the midst of chaos. Let that be the over-arching vision in your mind, let your peace guide you. Remember sister, what you direct your energy towards, does become your reality.

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We cannot always control what enters our mind, + we have 0 control over others, but- we do choose what remains in our head space. We get to choose to say no to things that make us feel like crap. We get to choose what we fill our free time with. We get to choose who we follow on social media. Notice how differently you react to these decisions when you're focused solely on your peace. Game changer my loves. Game. Changer.

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Now, before you click off and proceed with your day, I have something I want you to recite to yourself 3 times over so you can leave this post truly feeling focused in on your peace. Go:

| I will protect my peace. I will protect my peace. I will protect my peace. |

|I am in charge here. I am in charge here. I am in charge here. |

| Nothing is bigger than my ability to respond to it. Nothing is bigger than my ability to respond to it. Nothing is bigger than my ability to respond to it. |

| All is aligning as it should. All is aligning as it should. All is aligning as it should. |

Look at you- protecting your peace like it's nobody's business. I'm so proud of you. You've got this my girl. Keep going.

Xx

-j