Peace is Not a Word to Play ✌🏾

Author

Damon Brown
January 21, 2026

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Hi reader,

There are two types of peace

The external peace and the internal peace.

The external peace requires outside factors

Cooperation

The permission of others.

The internal peace builds upon itself

Grounding

The knowledge of self.

We so often mix up the two.

External peace is lovely, but often fleeting

Or false.

It reminds me of the 2 of Swords imagery in divinity cards

Or the hear no evil, see no evil axiom

The desire for peace, the lust for harmony, creates compromises we normally wouldn’t

Or believing things that we refuse to acknowledge as false

Making us also cast a blind eye to our own truth 👀

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To me, internal peace is like the roots of a tree

Firm, life giving, contributing to the whole

Not only the whole of the tree, but to the whole of the forest

Steady and sure.

It is the difference between rearranging the environment for security

And sharing your hard-earned security to nourish the environment.

I want more peace and equity in the world

I know you do, too.

And the best way to start is to sweep our own porch 🧹

Want to feel more grounded this year?

On BringYourWorth.tv Live, we’re talking ways to actively create more peace both personally and professionally.

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