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For those rising from the battles they don’t talk about

🌿Even when life knocks you down, you can rise again. In Irish, there is a word that holds that spark: Spreagadh🌿

(pronounced SPRAH-gah)

In old Irish stories, heroes were not always victorious. Take Cú Chulainn, the great warrior of Ulster. In one tale, he is gravely wounded in battle and his enemies believe he is finished. Yet he rises again, gathering his strength, refusing to give in. His triumphs were not because he never fell, but because he continued to rise, again and again, even when the odds seemed impossible.

Spreagadh means inspiration and motivation, the spark that reminds you to start again even when you feel stuck. It is the quiet voice that says, you are not finished. You are not defeated. You can try again. It is the fire in the heart that refuses to be snuffed out, even by fear, doubt, exhaustion, or failure.

Perhaps today you felt like giving up. Perhaps the work was too much. Perhaps the grief was too heavy. Perhaps you only wanted to close your eyes and hide from the world.

But rise, because your strength is greater than you know. Rise, because the battles you face are not always loud or visible.
Rise, because opening your eyes when all you wanted was to stay in bed, walking through the front door when you didn’t want to leave your bedchamber, these are victories.
Rise, because even the smallest act of showing up, listening, smiling, breathing through the heaviness, is proof that your spirit cannot be broken.
Rise, because every time you breathe, every time you take one more step, you are standing taller than you were yesterday.
Rise, because the world may whisper that it is too late, that you are too tired, that the day is wasted, but your spark has never been extinguished. Today, and every day, you rise.

And when you rise, you carry spreagadh.

If all you did today was show up for yourself or for someone else, that is spreagadh.
If all you did was rise again after disappointment, that is spreagadh.
If all you did today was open your eyes when all you wanted was to stay under the covers, or walk to the kitchen when every part of you wanted to stay still, that is spreagadh.
If all you did today was try, and try again, and try a little more, that is spreagadh.

You are not only what you finish.
You are not only what you produce.
You are your courage, your persistence, your spark.
All of that lives in your spreagadh.

Take a breath. Look at yourself. Honor the fire you carried today.

Even if you stumble tomorrow, even if the world feels heavy, your spark will always remind you that you can rise again.

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