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Susan Shier's avatar

I recognize this feeling through your words - it's exactly the space I'm in right now. It feels amazing, even though the world may want to shake and rattle you, a calmness overcomes you as you enter this stage of healing. Perhaps it's to prepare us for what's to come and to remind us of how strong and resilient we truly are. Beautiful writing, Ryan.

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Alexander Lovell, PhD's avatar

I really appreciate how you emphasized the idea that waking up isn’t a destination but a practice. So true! We often think of personal growth as this linear journey: you struggle, you learn, you arrive at enlightenment. But it’s not like that at all, is it? It’s more like a dance. Two steps forward, one step back. You have moments of clarity, and then you slip back into old habits. It’s this constant, gentle returning to ourselves that matters. What you said about “sometimes faltering and forgetting, but always finding your way back” is so comforting. It takes the pressure off. It’s okay to mess up. It’s okay to have doubts and moments of overwhelm. What’s important is that we keep coming back to our core values, to our inner truth.

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