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

December 8, 2024

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

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December 3, 2024

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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Eyes, flying, found, grounded, lost, poem, poetry, relationship, romance, searching, smile
November 29, 2024

Your Kindness

Your kindness knows no bounds Each act is a surprise to me Unevoked In the past it felt like kindness and care was a scarce commodity I had to earn but here you are giving it freely touching my heart in all the ways I wanted but never realized Continue reading

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free, Heart, kindness, love, poem, poetry, relationship, romance
November 24, 2024

Belonging

When you put you arm around me Hand upon my waist I’ve never felt that way Both safe and thrilled in that moment I could have your arm and hand around me forever You named it belonging and I think you’re right Perhaps your arm and hand belong around my waist and that’s why it… Continue reading

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arm, belonging, Hand, love, poem, poetry, relationships, romance, waist
November 22, 2024

Sadness Loves Me

The sadness I feel is a tidal wave She seems looming and overpowering I run from her scared to be swept away but if I pause If I let her reach me She is not a tidal wave at all She is gentle as she embraces me telling me she loves me And if I… Continue reading

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embracing, internal family systems, joy, parts, parts work, play, poem, poetry, sad, sadness

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.

Discover joy in the hard places

How to feel Discomfort

Found

Your Kindness

Belonging

Sadness Loves Me

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