If you’re a fellow word-broker you’ve undoubtedly noticed that expressive language is not the common currency everyone deals in, and words don’t carry the same meaning across the board. PEACE, for instance, the term I’ve been flinging about for the past week or so, connotes different strokes for different folks, so in case anyone’s tiptoeing around the subject like it’s a deceptively passive quicksand bog waiting to drag you down to the Slough of Despond, feast your quaking spirit on this anonymous piece of writing that came into my hands yesterday. I’m grateful to the author, whomever he or she may be…
Knowing I can live exactly that way, free and at peace in myself, feels anything but passive or depressing, just in case there was any misunderstanding as to where I’m coming from with the PEACE thing. It comes down to making my choices for my reasons and quietly standing by them against the world. And I’m one voice in all the confusion saying you can do the same, because I know that to be true. It’s how you manage to live your one wild and precious life, as Mary Oliver puts it, against all odds, and you really must! This is likely the only shot we get, kids, so get started ASAP. It’s that thing at the top of the list.
Playing for Time 
Jul 16, 2019 @ 22:07:37
I’m not very good with using the right words, but I appreciate and agree with all your well crafted words right here. I often think ” I wish I had said that”.
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Jul 17, 2019 @ 07:34:34
Thank you, AuntB! That’s one of the greatest compliments I could get. 💙
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Jul 16, 2019 @ 07:01:38
Absolutely!! PEACE be with you, Judy!❤
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