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what’s real.

if you can be manipulated by it, it’s not love. if it corrupts you, that is not power. if it costs you everything, that’s not abundance. if you have to disappear, that is not belonging. if it requires you to lie, then it’s not the truth.

sometimes we have to immerse in everything that’s not before we can be trusted with what is. and it’s not about worth. we are always worthy of the light, of our blessings.

but this exact life is what we signed up for. we agreed to forget, to not know, to get lost and to be confused. the freedom of “free will” is great until we realize it can only be triggered by pain and not by pleasure. understanding that “we came here to grow and evolve” is great until we are reminded that life and death chase one another. what wants to grow requires the old to die. what are we willing to give up? what are we willing to survive? what are we willing to do to fully receive what’s coming next?

life will bring us to our knees but it is our choice whether that place is where we decide to sit and settle or if that is where we will take a stand. everything is an invitation; how far will you allow yourself to sink before you decide to rise?