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a clarification.

your pain is not your power. your pain is showing you the parts that still want to attach to the people, places, things and outcomes that Do Not Want You. pain is saying, “no more.” when your shoes fit, they feel nice or they don’t feel like anything. your shoes start to hurt when they no longer fit; when they are no longer your shoes. you wouldn’t know you had grown out of them until they started to bother you. pain is how your power shows you, “this is not me.”

what is your power? your power is the part of you that trusts you will be fine, no matter the outcome. your power is in detachment. your power is the part of you that does what’s right, even if “what’s right” nails you to a cross. your power is in your surrender to the higher path. your power is the part of you that expands and grows, creates and destroys, even if your tolerance for this discomfort makes others feel unsafe. your power is in your transformation. your power is the part of you that resists shame and the impulse to shrink, no matter how great the promise of comfort or approval. your power is in choosing yourself.

pain just wants to burn away everything and anything that’s not your power. what’s hurting you is not yours. even if you needed to carry it some ways to become strong, you’re strong enough now. you grew accustomed to the load but now it’s time to set it down. your pain serves your power.