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Sola Alyssa's avatar

Sometimes to break free from the shackles of regret need a lot a clear head and calm mind. I think building a new life comes with fresh beginning and new thinking and letting go of the past. Being in the bottom drive someone like me crazy sometimes.

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Writer's Corner's avatar

I like your approach, we dig where we stand – where else? That attitude is a good door opener. And useful. Here is another one: the SOLUTION is the problem's other side – give it your focus.

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Sunshine's avatar

Earlier I read, via Stillness Speaks, these words by Joan Tollifson "True freedom is the willingness for life to be as it is, no matter how it appears... Paradoxically, in completely accepting everything just as it is, there is space for something truly new and creative to enter the picture. And this space is never not here." I feel a connection between your writing, Joan's words, and a previous reflection on radical acceptance. I sense the space for creating ✨️.

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Hal Gill's avatar

Precisely - in the case of my own trajectory - I've come to realize that nothing happens that isn't actually a chance to learn and perhaps to win the greatest prize of all; experience.

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Hal Gill's avatar

I’m very grateful for your reactions to this post!

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The Oracle of Kin's avatar

Just made a big decision causing some anxiety, and this brought me some peace. Thank you.

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Funny how the kitchen floor becomes holy ground when we look back. Thank you for showing us that despair can be a doorway, not a dead end.

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Celia (aka Afterforever)'s avatar

I’ve been there too, not on the kitchen floor, but lying in stillness while a million thoughts crashed in and out like waves.

It wasn’t the end, even though it felt like one.

The quiet before rising taught me more than any answer ever could.

Thank you for this reflection. It speaks straight to the heart.

in quiet strength and sound,

Afterforever ✨🎵

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