The bonds of our families run deep. We share names, histories, opinions, values.
Even if we would not know our biological family, we would still share bonds.

Our blood would bind us forever, even if we grew up in different parts of the world.
DNA is the unbreakable string.

We go through hell if we’re born into the wrong families, and we receive the gift of ingrained belonging when we’re lucky.
We can create chosen families too.

But there is always a bond, as in a bondage. An unfreedom.
A shackle (a “bond”), or a price to be paid.
No relationship, whether work, or with a partner, a friend, a neighbor;
It cannot be free, by definition.

And if you want peace I invite you to start bringing more awareness there.
Ideally, to make a choice of what you are, and are not, willing to pay.
How is your integrity defined and who do you owe your loyalty?

What are your must-haves, your non-negotiables;
What are your goals in life, and the values by which you live?

Peace starts with knowing yourself, and what you stand for.
But it ripples out into the world, by you saying No to the events, the people, the communities and the life paths that undermine your peace;
And, or, would take too much of your resources to defend your peace, compared to what they contribute to your life.

Peace requires not just knowledge of the self, but also the power and the guts to defend it.
It requires for you to stand up for yourself, to think independently.
It has an element of privilege because it requires having your own resources.
To trust you will rebuild.
Or, alternatively, to risk losing them.

The allegiance.
Peace means to know what side you’re on, because it’s the side you’re always on.

Yours.

~Suzanne Beenackers
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