I am harnessing my inner peace and power.

Peace and power sound like opposites, one still and one loud. In practice they show up in the same person: the one who lowers their voice while everyone else in the room is raising theirs.

Harnessing suggests reins, and reins imply something already alive and moving. Not manufactured. Redirected.

Most days this looks unremarkable. A pause before answering the message that stung. Choosing which argument to have. The strength is in the holding back, and nobody watching can tell that apart from having nothing to say. You can tell.