08/31/2025
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We all carry stories.
Stories of pain, sorrow, grief—woven into our lives and identities.
Over time, these stories stop being “experiences of the past” and start becoming labels of the self.
We begin to see ourselves as: the one who failed, the one who was abandoned, the one who suffers.
The danger is that the story becomes heavier than the event itself. We keep re-living it, rehearsing it, and re-identifying with it, until it becomes our reality.
But deep down, you know the truth: you are not your story.
The mind clings to narratives because they give us a sense of certainty. The practice is to recognize this, and then, consciously, courageously, drop the story.
When you drop the story, you don’t erase the past. You release its grip on your identity.
You reclaim the freedom to write a new one: a story of strength, healing, and possibility.
Your past is a chapter, not the entire book.
Ishan Shivanand
