“Find your peace, and everything will fall into place.”
It sounds lovely, doesn’t it?
But sometimes… it’s also frustrating.
Because what is peace, really?
When your head is full, your inbox never ends, and rest feels like something you have to earn?
For a long time, I believed that peace came after the work was done.
After I proved myself. After the art was finished. After I had answers.
(Which, let’s be honest, rarely happens.)
But lately I’m learning something softer:
Peace isn’t the finish line. It’s the starting point.
When I paint from a place of calm — not pressure — the work flows more honestly.
When I give myself permission to be before I do, the right next step becomes clearer.
Not all at once. Not like magic.
But gently. In rhythm. In real time.
We don’t have to know the full path.
We don’t have to do it perfectly.
We just have to keep showing up — even if we’re still becoming.
So if you’re in the middle of the mess right now:
You’re not behind.
You’re becoming.
💛
— Jolanda
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