Dream Dark Stories

Tag: peace

  • Day Two Hundred & Thirty-Four, August 21st, 2024 and Prompt Soup #0.20

    What brings you peace?

    Hi-ho and hello.

    Peace. What brings peace?

    Is it odd that I feel this question to be a loaded one?

    What is peace?

    Going to Google, one would find a slew of many ideas to what Peace is.

    Peace can have many meanings, including: Tranquility, Security, Freedom, Acceptance, & Relationships. There are many ways to find peace.

    This is something that I take with a patient and pensive heart as finding peace takes time and a finding of one’s self.

    I used to take to searching the field of philosophy in hopes that these concepts would bring peace but no, I lament with a disatisfaction to philosophy as it seems unhinged and to fit the ego of the philosopher. This thinking brought the discovery of Carl Jung to me whose theory grasps hold of four functions:  Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition. His belief is that the whole of each of our experiences should be respected instead of disavowed, and that those four functions are the means of control that help us view and act in the world.

    So I took to figuring myself out, I went through the Five Pillars.

    • Good physical and mental health.
    • Good personal and intimate relationships.
    • Seeing beauty in art and nature.
    • A reasonable standard of living and satisfactory work.
    • A philosophical or religious outlook that fosters resilience.

    Peace didn’t find me, or I didn’t find Peace after this. I was disheveled, as a matter of fact, realizing that I’m not happy, I became resentful to certain aspects due to waking change, wanting to better myself, and a deep worry that I was and am alone regardless of my marriage.

    Does that sound like peace?

    No!

    But I am on gaining peace, so I continue here, I continue my school work and essays, I paint, sketch, and make sure to create as much as I can. It brings a contentment to my heart and a security in knowing that I’m working and putting effort to the energy I have. This is a form of Peace and I’ll take it, wouldn’t you?

    C’est La Vie

    Good night and good morning, good morning and good night. I thank you for the support shown and thank you for being you and staying awesome. Thank you.

    NOSCE TE IPSUM

  • Day Fifteen, January 15th, 2024

    These days sits as a testament to a great and humble beacon for those that press on, for those who heard his speech, and saw the peace that issued throughout the protests and the ways those that followed paid tribute through silence and peaceful protest.

    I sit here on this day wondering what he thinks looking on. Does he weep? Does he clench and wring his knuckles at the heavens in spirit? Is he dismayed by a future that is too close to what he was fighting against, that the changes show too little? 60 years since Selma, since Parks, and the speech that moved mountains. 60 years and I stand ashamed that we as a nation are becoming something shameful and much more than what was seen then, because we know better, we have shown better, but there are those that cringe at change, cringe at the opposition of beauty and love because they choose fear to keep so many the same.

    Make a stand, make a change, never forget that dream, never forget those words, as they still stand as a beacon for so many, so many youth, so many fearful and needing freedom. Don’t shy from changes, embrace it, and fight for what’s right, for what’s fair for all, for everyone. We all breathe the same air and bleed the same red. Let’s be here for each other and let our grace and peace be what loves mountains, not through violence and ignorance but through grace and love, love, love.

    Good night and Good morning, good morning and goodnight.

    Nosce Te Ipsum