A Fragment from BLOOM!: #8 Peace

 

On June 22nd, my debut song – Roots – was released.

It’s been an incredibly exciting time! I’m so grateful for all the lovely, warm, kind, and inspiring feedback I’ve received from so many of you. I truly appreciate it – and I deeply appreciate you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

In case you haven't heard it yet and would like to, here your shortcut to listen to it on Spotify:
Roots by Hele Flora

And today, I’m thrilled once again – my book BLOOM! will be released on June 30th!

The final stages of completion have been intense and have taken a bit more time than planned, partly due to the song release. So, I’ve decided to move the release date in order to end the month on a high note and make the book available on the last day of the month.

Before you get the chance to read it in full, I’d love to share with you a little preview. The book is divided into chapters that explore different feelings and thought constructs – like love, rejection, guilt, and shame – but not only those. There are also chapters that delve into broader themes, such as being and becoming, or the essence of that uncomfortable feeling we experience when stepping into unfamiliar waters, or when something old surfaces in our consciousness.

I’ll tell you more about the book in my next post, but until then, here’s a fragment from BLOOM! – Chapter 8: Peace.

Thank you so much for visiting me here and for being part of my world by reading my words. I’d truly love to hear your thoughts about the chapter, so please feel free to share them – either here or through my website www.heleflora.com.

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May peace be with you

♡  Hele

And now the fragment from BLOOM!: #8 Peace

We often talk about searching for peace, but in truth, peace is not something to be found – it is already within you. It has been with you since the beginning. You were born with it. If you cannot feel peace, it is because it has been buried beneath something else.

Every unresolved thought, unaddressed emotion, and avoided situation – everything you set aside because it feels uncomfortable – accumulates like layers, covering your inner peace. Over time, this weight makes it difficult for peace to breathe within you. 

You may try to live by the saying, “Out of sight, out of mind.” You may even convince yourself that it is true. But is it really? Believing that would be like believing that if you didn’t look into a mirror for a long time, you would forget your own existence. Just as you would never truly forget yourself, a part of you will always remember the thoughts, emotions, judgments, and experiences stored in the “unanswered” department within you and will stay stuck, waiting for the moment when you are finally ready to look into them, feel them and open yourself to possible solutions.

When we don’t want to confront something, we ignore it. But what needs to be acknowledge will continue to appear in our lives until we are willing to face it. To meet something means to welcome it – to allow and to embrace it as it is, without judgement, resentment, or unkindness.

For that reason, your peace remains hidden until the day it becomes your top priority. This is the day when you’re done with ignoring, suppressing and judging your feelings. You quit measuring yourself by someone else’s standards, trying to fit into their mindset, their frames, their boxes. You are ready to understand.

Then, like lightning cutting through the sky, a shift takes place. As always, after the storm, the air becomes crystal-clear. Suddenly, a profound silence fills your world. That silence is peace – finally free, finally stretching, finally breathing within you. You realize that measuring yourself by someone else’s expectations is for those who are not yet strong enough to live without it.

From that moment on, two questions will accompany you:

·        Will I spend my present moments running from my past, or will I choose each day to live mindfully and wholeheartedly?

How can I choose it more right now?