Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

Parts Work: Don’t Fight Yourself

I want to love the way I think

The flashes and images

The random insecurities

I don’t have to hate them

dismiss them

Each one is part of me

Each one belongs to me

The more I fight them

the more they fight back

If I treat them like monsters

they will act like monsters

but if I show them compassion

If I offer them love

A place to belong

they can transform

And the attention they clamor for

will be given freely

so they can release the fight

and know

they are welcome

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Jessica P. Mills

I see the world through stories and insights. I have always been a sensitive soul, especially towards nature, people, art, and faith. I spend a lot of time reflecting and finding treasures wherever I can. The two values I live by are beauty and celebration. I hope my blog communicates those two things, seeing beauty where beauty is not often seen and celebrating every aspect of life, the hard and the easy.

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An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.

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