The Feed

Peace is not polite. It’s practiced. Let me say this clearly, because a lot of us were taught the wrong thing growing up: Peace is not the same as being nice. Nice is smiling while irritated. Nice is answering when you should’ve paused. Nice is “it’s fine” when it’s actually not fine at all. Peace? Peace is restraint. Peace is knowing you could respond — and choosing not to. And that distinction changed everything for me. Because for a long time, I thought peace meant I sound