Published at
27 Aug, 2024
Author
Gripastudio
I’ll let you in on something personal: I’m still looking for peace too. Maybe you’ve been reading these posts, feeling the weight of your own questions, your own search for something deeper. If that’s the case, then know that we’re in this together. The journey toward peace isn’t straight—it’s not a checklist you go through or a place you arrive at. It’s a continual unfolding, a relationship with yourself that requires nurturing, patience, and—above all—gentleness.
Here’s the truth: I write these words not as someone who’s mastered peace, but as someone who is just as much a seeker as you. Some days, peace feels like a distant tones, just something impossible to achieve. On other days, it wraps itself around me like a warm blanket, reminding me that everything is okay. But the pursuit of it? That never stops. Not for me, and likely not for you.
I’ve come to realise that peace isn’t about being perpetually serene or living a life free from conflict or uncertainty; That’s a myth we’ve all been fed. Real peace, the kind we both seek, is a quiet acceptance of whatever this moment brings—whether it’s joy, discomfort, or confusion. It’s a surrender to life’s flow, no matter how turbulent or calm it may be.
Maybe you're feeling that familiar tug right now. That yearning for something solid, something you can hold onto in a world that feels shaky. I feel it too, and I’ll be honest: some days, it feels easier to just keep searching than to sit with the stillness and let it reveal itself.
But here’s what I’ve learned on this journey, and what I want to share with you: peace doesn’t come when everything falls into place. It comes when we learn to be okay with the fact that some things might never fall into place, and that’s okay. It comes when we stop waiting for life to be perfect and start realising that this moment—with all its imperfections, doubts, and messiness—is enough.
So, if you’re like me, still looking for peace, then maybe this is our reminder: we don’t need to have it all figured out. We don’t need to silence every thought or solve every problem. We just need to show up, as we are, and trust that peace will meet us there. Maybe not in the way we expect, but in the way we need.
For both of us, this journey is ongoing. But there’s a certain beauty in knowing we’re not walking it alone, that this search for peace is a shared experience. And maybe—just maybe—that’s where the peace begins.
We’ll find it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we’re getting closer. Every breath, every pause, every moment of stillness brings us nearer to the peace that’s been with us all along. I’m still looking. And I know you are too. But in this moment, we can rest in the knowing that we’re both exactly where we need to be.
Together, in search of peace.