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Peace Requires Presence (Even When It’s Uncomfortable)

We say we want peace.


We meditate, journal, read spiritual quotes, do yoga flows, light candles, burn sage… hoping to feel even a moment of calm.

But then the moment comes — silence — and what do we do?


We run.

We check our phones.

We clean the kitchen.

We scroll.

We get “busy.”

We create noise, distraction, movement…

All to avoid the one thing that could actually give us the peace we say we’re seeking:

Stillness.


But stillness is confronting.

It doesn’t stroke your ego.

It doesn’t comfort you with instant gratification.

It makes you feel — raw, real, unfiltered emotion.

It shows you what you’ve been suppressing, avoiding, rationalizing.


And that’s where the rebellion begins.


Because here’s the truth no one really wants to hear:

You cannot heal what you refuse to feel.


You cannot connect with your purpose, your body, your soul, if you’re constantly avoiding what’s alive in you in this very moment.


Most people say they want peace, but what they really want is a version of peace that doesn’t ask anything of them.


But real peace?

Real peace demands presence.

Real peace asks you to sit down with your fear, your shame, your loneliness... and not judge it.

Just breathe with it.


The only way out is through.


If you're constantly in survival mode — exhausted, disconnected, irritated, on edge — it's not because you're broken.

It’s because you’ve never been taught how to be with yourself.

You've been conditioned to perform, please, escape, distract.


But here’s the medicine:

🜂 When you learn to be still, your nervous system finally gets the memo: it’s safe now.

🜂 When you stop avoiding your thoughts, they lose their power over you.

🜂 When you stop resisting your body’s signals, you begin to reclaim your wholeness.


This is the work I do with my clients — not because it’s trendy or spiritual fluff — but because it’s necessary if you truly want to reclaim your power and live from truth.

You want to feel seen, loved, connected, inspired?


Start by making space for what’s actually here.

Sit in silence not to get something, but to meet yourself.

That’s where real connection begins — with you.

And from there?

You’ll find peace was never “out there” to chase.

It was always waiting inside for you to stop running.

If this speaks to you, and you’re ready to stop performing and start living, you know where to find me.


💥 I don’t offer magic fixes (although it might feel that way).

I offer real transformation.

The kind that starts with radical honesty and ends with liberation.

Are you ready to stop escaping yourself and finally come home?


Love, Kinga.


Kinga de Wit Blog | Peace Requires Presence  (Even When It’s Uncomfortable)

 
 
 

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