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I’ve made peace with my actions.
I’ve made peace with the outcome.
I will endure the lasting effects of my choices.
I have to sit with the truth of my life and the results that come from it.

I know
you will bring it up every chance you get, but
I will just smile.

I have talked with God, and He is the only one besides myself who has to live with this.

So, peace has been granted.

I will just remember
that every time you rub it in my face, you consciously choose to do so.

Your choice has everything to do with you and nothing to do with me.

You are simply trying to get a rise out of me
to make yourself feel better.

— Nicole Barden 1/26/2021

Originally published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself on Medium