Sometimes you need to burn it down to rise back up clean and new. It’s in the struggles, the unrelenting pain and sorrow that your made whole. You can’t appreciate that gift in the moment as it’s so brutal and feels like it truly will never end. It’s only when you can’t run and hide from it and just let it wash over you that you begin to transform. You eventually accept and overcome, leaving it behind like a snake shedding its skin. Only then do you start to realize your inner power and peace. You’re indestructible from that point forward and it’s crystal clear… the struggle was the greatest gift you’ve ever been given.
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Cory, thanks for the reminder! I use my memory of the struggles to feel grateful for my sobriety now. Also I use those memories to not pick up.