- Missy Tripp Ronquillo
- May 3
- 5 min read
✨ Spirit Guide Collection: Volume One
Painting # 4 The Inner Child – Your Peaceful Warrior
Abstract portals of feminine energy and frequency — each Spirit Guide is a mirror, a message, and a sacred remembrance. Painted through intuition and marked with ceremonial symbols of strength, transformation, and connection.
By Missy Tripp Ronquillo
A Poem for Her
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
~MTR 2025
The numbers 000 appear, a spirit lifting, rising from depths, air rushing, new beginnings unfolding, sunlight on my skin. Transformed, I find refuge beneath the gentle sky, where I plan and train in the quiet of the heart.
I will stand with you, steadfast and unwavering, my soul echoing the strength of those before me, anointed by ancestral light. Not feeble, but a towering oak, rooted in the realm of words and visions.
This creativity, a river untamed, spills forth, fueling a life force unknown until this moment. A force spreading wide with tender acts of love, together we rise to dispel shadows that dare to encroach, wicked tendrils reaching for the sanctity of roots and blood.
We are the chorus of love and rebellion, our message, a wildfire—compassion, our song. Don't feed me reason; nurture me with the heart's embrace, with a love that cradles and uplifts.
I am one with the force; the force is with me.
I am one with the force; the force is with me.
I am one with the force; the force is with me.
An eternal whisper, a guiding hand, an ever-present quiet strength. My mantra—repeated incessantly since my childhood—replays in my head, unfurling its truth. This isn't merely a phrase, but an awakening.
United through strength, understanding, and compassion, the force becomes my quiet rebellion, gently urging me to stand tall, questioning, spreading compassion through gentle actions. I am the peaceful warrior—my arms a sanctuary, my fight a dance of love on this sacred, tranquil dawn.
The mantra—constant, grounding amidst life's uncertainties—I am one with the force; the force is with me. In these words, I uncover clarity; my heart aligns with truth. Together, we are the dawn, kindling the fire of love and rebellion.
Introducing:
"The Inner Child" — She is your Peaceful Warrior
Some Spirit Guides arrive with thunder. This one came quietly — like a soft breath of memory.
Of all the guides in this collection, The Inner Child is the one I felt most tenderly connected to. While each painting emerged when I needed her most, this one felt personal. Intimate. A quiet reflection of myself — not the version shaped by time and expectations, but the me I once was… and still am underneath it all.
Of all the guides in this collection, The Inner Child is the one I felt most tenderly connected to. While each painting emerged when I needed her most, this one felt personal. Intimate. A quiet reflection of myself — not the version shaped by time and expectations, but the me I once was… and still am underneath it all.
She is calm and rebellious. Gentle and strong. A paradox of softness and power — the kind we often only feel when we are children, before the world teaches us to be otherwise.
Painting her was like holding a mirror to my inner child — the one who used to trust without hesitation, create without fear, and feel connected to all things. That kind of unity, that innate sense of wholeness, is something we are all born with. And somehow, along the way, many of us lose it.
I’ve lost it. Even while staying true to my creativity, I lost myself in people-pleasing.I made art I thought would “sell.” I painted what I thought people wanted.
That doesn’t work.
Not for the soul. Not for the artist. Not for the child inside.
Not for the soul. Not for the artist. Not for the child inside.
This collection — especially The Inner Child — is a return. A reconnection.
It’s a reminder of who I was before the noise.
And who you were too.
✨ Why the Inner Child Matters
Reconnecting with your inner child isn’t just emotional work — it’s sacred. It allows us to peel back the layers of fear, self-doubt, and conditioning we’ve picked up along the way.
She is your essence before society told you how to behave.
She carries unmet needs that still long to be seen and heard.
She knows your true desires — the ones that make your heart light up.
She brings clarity, creativity, and compassion to the surface.
She is you — whole, wild, free.
✧ Hidden Symbols and Secret Messages
Throughout this painting, there are markings — some visible, some nearly hidden. They are symbols. Codes. Poetry in visual form. Each one whispers a different truth. A message. A memory. A call to reconnect with your own quiet strength.
She carries the force of rebellion — not in anger, but in softness.
A fight through love.
A dance of peace.
A strength rooted in presence and tenderness.
🖤 She Is...
This is The Inner Child – Your Peaceful Warrior, a Spirit Guide whose energy is rooted in quiet strength, ancestral wisdom, and the sacred connection to self.
Her markings and presence are deeply symbolic—echoes of resilience, remembrance, and gentle rebellion. Her hairstyle and visual language pay homage to traditional Hopi Indian symbolism, where similar forms represent unmarried girls or maidens, a nod to beginnings, potential, and purity of spirit.
She is a protector of innocence and a guide back to your original self—the part of you that remembers joy, feels everything deeply, and knows how to stand strong with softness. In her gaze is both tenderness and a knowing power: the kind that does not shout, but is felt deeply and forever.
I believe that each of us is born with this spirit inside — the peaceful warrior who knows,
who creates, who loves without reason. And this painting, this guide, is her invitation to you.
If you feel her tugging at you, don’t ignore it.
She may be the part of you you've been waiting to meet again.
The Spirit Guide Collection: Volume One is now available exclusively through New Elements Gallery in Wilmington, NC.
Each guide is a portal — a bridge between seen and unseen, ancient and now.It’s an honor to have this first collection find its home in a space as special as New Elements.
✨ Follow the link below to view the entire collection:
Thank you for being part of this journey — this is only the beginning. 🤍
🌀With love and wild tenderness,
Missy
P.S. A new batch of Spirit Guide-inspired t-shirts + spring apparel just launched at Pescado Y Amor. They carry the same creative pulse — wearable reminders of who you really are.
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