For a long time, I thought peace had to be justified.
That if I chose quiet, I needed a reason.
That if I stepped back, I needed permission.
That if I protected my energy, I owed an explanation.
I don’t believe that anymore.
Peace isn’t something you earn after suffering enough.
It isn’t something you have to defend.
It isn’t something that requires consensus.
Sometimes peace looks like saying less.
Sometimes it looks like not engaging.
Sometimes it looks like choosing rest over resolution.
This kind of peace doesn’t announce itself.
It doesn’t prove a point.
It simply settles in and stays.
If you’re learning to choose peace, you don’t have to explain it.
You don’t have to convince anyone.
You don’t have to make it make sense to people who benefit from your exhaustion.
You’re allowed to choose what feels safe.
You’re allowed to stop performing clarity.
You’re allowed to let peace be enough.
Peace doesn’t need an audience to be real.