what i mean when i say i'm finding quiet

a quiet life is a confident life

to me, a quiet life is solitude but only in the best sense. it means being comfortable by yourself, knowing that you could live happily with the voice inside your head, just you and your conscious being against the world. it means you could take yourself out to see parts of the world you’ve always dreamt about, parts of your small town where people smile as they pass you by on the street, parts of the home you’ve carefully put together, the home that acts as an extension of everything you love but in material form.

a quiet life means being okay with yourself, knowing yourself enough to know what you need when the only colour you’ve seen in the sky is grey for what feels like entire seasons, when it’s sunny and you’re giddy with excitement and when you feel neither here nor there, a little bored, a little tired, but you know you will see the other side.

a quiet life is a confident life. one where you know how to tend your garden to make all the right flowers bloom at the right time.