08/24/2025
Sunday Words of Wisdom! ๐โจ๏ธ๐ฆโ๏ธโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ฆโโฌ
There were so many times I didnโt think I would make it..
When I thought heartbreak, life or failure would finally overwhelm me.
The days when everything that could go wrong did and it took everything I had just to keep going.
People would tell me Iโm strong, brave or whatever word they chose to use..
I just called it survival.
I didnโt have the answers and I rarely knew the way, all I knew for sure was that I couldnโt quit.
Underneath the misery and past the darkness in my life was a flickering light that kept calling to me..
It would whisper to me amidst my struggle..
โDonโt give up.โ
Every time I wanted to throw in the towel, each time I thought I was done,
I would think of that distant light and muster up my courage to pick myself up, dust myself
off and press forward.
It was always painful and hard, never without strife and struggle, but I always found my way.
I had always lived in a constant state of fear-
holding my breath waiting for the next bad thing, heartache or disappointment.
Thatโs a tough place to live when youโre always expecting disaster around every corner.
I got to a point where I just got tired.. tired and fed up.
I was sick of living my life fighting for survival every day, holding onto the painful past and thinking that what I was doing would change my present or future.
All the anger, shame and guilt of where Iโd been were burning me like a branding iron..
Searing the fear into my psyche that I couldnโt shake, shackling me and weighing me down so heavily I could barely smile.
I hit that wall and something inside of me clicked.
I was done living afraid of what might happen, who might hurt me or what could go wrong.
It would take a long journey and many battles, but I was determined to change my mindset, my heart and free my soul.
Looking back now, I realize that choice saved my life, because my downward spiral would have consumed me whole.
Maybe I donโt have the answers or even know where Iโm going some days, but I know Iโll end up where Iโm meant to be.
I found that distant light that was calling to me for so long ..it was the love for myself that was just waiting to be found.
So, yes, I started over, stumbled and fell..
But I also rose again, dug myself out and found my wings.
My life isnโt perfect and wonโt ever be,
But with love in my heart and peace in my soul, Iโm living my life and finding my love just the way I was always meant to.
For me, by me, because of me.
Beautiful, strong and free.
|ravenwolf
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