I just want to be peaceful

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I do.

That's all I want,

That's all I've ever wanted.

So that's what I'm going to be.

I suppose I already am though.

Oh well!

Same here.

And I always have been.

I also just want others to let it be... that I am.

Me too.

I've just come the realisation that i've always been unhappy since i wanted to have what others have, believing that my happiness lay in those things. but now i'm pretty sure it doesn't. all i ever wanted was to be in peace and be content with myself. i see others around me having partners and friends and fancy cars and stuff, and i got suckered into thinking i wanted and needed the same. what i really want is being self content, and at peace with myself. those things they have won't bring me anything, and i don't really want them anymore, since i don't think it complies with my personality anyway. i really like being on my own and i should learn to make peace with it.

I personally prefer contentment to joy. Happiness a very brief and unsustainable state. Contentment can be indefinite.

Be peaceful?

at peace in your mind/heart - in my experience this takes time and working through whatever you have lived through - I have made a real effort on this and therapy has helped

as far as being peaceful towards others (note the name) - this is just a decision where you will live non-violently both in attitude and physically to others, this brings a measure of peace.

I have tried it both ways, living as society/family expected me to and living for who I really am, and the latter is so much more peaceful but really hard to get to in the first place. Knowing who you are deep inside is really hard to achieve. And boy did it take a lot of therapy! But it is rather peaceful at this point in the journey; some days anyway. Not to say that I don't slip back into "if only I had..." now and then.

It's about getting the balance right, for sure. I must cralify my post though since it may seem like I don't want to have anything that others find joy in. That's not actually true. At the moment though, as you say you need know who you are deep inside, and until i know what's best for me and figured it out on my own terms, i don't wanna get dragged into any "this is what society demands from you" kinda thinking. i need to make friends with myself and I've got a lot catching up to do. Until then what others have is hopefully not gonna be of my concern.

You seem very- well- peaceABLE to me.
Not belligerant. Belligerant types are not unheard of here on WP.

Peaceful- I couldnt say. I cant get into your head to know if you have peace of mind, or not.

I would like to be peaceful but my temper keeps getting in the way.