Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

Deserving

The other day

I jokingly said

you don’t deserve me

That was not the voice

of confidence

but fear and insecurity

The truth is

you do deserve me

and I deserve you

And deserving is a stupid work

It signifies earning

I did not karmically

earn you

nor you, I

Instead

we belong with one another

we find gratitude between each other

we create safety and joy

There is no place for deserving

or undeserving

because there’s no place

for measuring

Just finding

loving

growing

belonging

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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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