Discover joy in the hard places

Welcome to the blog of JP Mills where you will find encouragement and belonging through reflective journaling and poetry.

Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

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  • My Sick Story

    Please do not diagnose me. It is the worst thing you can do to someone sharing a vulnerable story like this. And just so you know, I have diagnosed myself with 1,000 things, so you probably do not have a new one for me. I wanted to share this story because it is my trauma… Continue reading

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  • The Voices in the Back

    The Voices in the Back

    This room is crowded I cannot hear the voices in the back The people forced to stand outside The sea of white in front Shouting the same old things I always hear their voices Everyone does I used to pay them attention After all they are in front hard to ignore and no other voice… Continue reading

  • 2021

    I started off with such naivety Perhaps we all did Perhaps we all do And I do not suggest that we have bleak outlooks but mature outlooks All that to say ignorance was bliss life was back normalcy returned but that was A Doll’s House For normalcy is dead and may have never lived I… Continue reading

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  • How to feel Discomfort

    To make peace with discomfortis not an easy task To sit with itAccept itTo face itand not make it an enemyTo somehow make itbackground noisenot the chorus of my dayTo come to the place of courageknowing that there is strength in methat rises above this noiseand keeps livingHow do you live with this?Hold it tenderlyRespond… Continue reading

  • Found

    When you look at me and smile It feels like I’ve arrived I’ve made it to the destination I’ve been searching for and traveling to all my life For that moment I’m no longer lost and I am somehow both grounded and flying content with both because your eyes are on me and your smile… Continue reading

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About Me

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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