Pax Romana
cbr, 2025 - #nowplaying, Circles - Wenzel Remix, The Stickman Project, Wenzel, Sadie Rose
cbr, 2025 - #nowplaying, Circles - Wenzel Remix, The Stickman Project, Wenzel, Sadie Rose
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” - Ecclesiastes 3:1
Hey there. Let’s talk about thresholds - those moments that divide our lives into “before” and “after”. My birthday that year wasn’t just another party. It was a whisper of something profound waiting to break through.
Invitation: Diamonds and Unspoken Truths
Beverly Hills glittered around me, an ironic backdrop to my internal landscape. “Diamonds Are Forever” - the theme I chose. But what are diamonds, really? Pressure. Transformation. Something beautiful carved from darkness.
I’d wrestled with another potential name: Pax Romana.
Pax Romana: Profound Silence of Peace
Pax Romana wasn’t just a historical period of Roman peace. It was a profound metaphor brewing in my soul. Imagine a peace not defined by the absence of conflict, but by the presence of deep internal alignment. A peace that comes from radical self-acceptance, from understanding that your worth isn’t determined by the noise around you, but by the quiet truth within.
The Romans created this extraordinary period of relative calm - not through constant warfare, but through strategic infrastructure, cultural integration, and a complex system of bread and circuses. Sound familiar? Our modern world runs on similar illusions of peace - distractions that keep us from our true healing.
Threshold of Healing
Those invitations weren’t just paper and ink. They were a declaration. A moment suspended between what was and what could be. Diamonds are formed under immense pressure, just like our most authentic selves are forged through our most challenging seasons.
Bread and Circuses: Modern Distraction
The Romans knew a fundamental truth: keep people fed and entertained, and they’ll rarely question the deeper systems. But true peace? True healing? That requires stepping away from the circus. It demands we look inward, uncomfortable as that might be.
“You are more than enough. Not someday. Not when you achieve something. RIGHT NOW.”
My birthday wasn’t just a celebration. It was a quiet revolution. A moment where I chose to see beyond the glitter of Beverly Hills, beyond the facade of “Diamonds Are Forever”, and recognize the real treasure: my emerging, healing self.
Stay curious. Stay humble. Stay connected.
With radical authenticity,
Mitchell Royel + Deck