01/17/2026
In gratitude to Mitra for this beautiful post …
It happened in a quiet, unremarkable moment — no thunder, no grand revelation — just a soft, honest surrender where I finally laid down the weight I had been carrying for far too long. I stopped wrestling with what I could not change and, in that letting go, discovered a deeper kind of strength. I made peace with my life, not because it had been easy, but because I chose to stop being at war with it.
I opened my hands and released the stories that had kept me bound to pain, the faces that had wounded me, the words that still echoed in my chest. I forgave those who had broken my heart, not to excuse what they did, but to free my own spirit from the prison of resentment. And then, in the bravest act of all, I turned that mercy inward and forgave myself — for staying too long, for believing too little, for carrying blame that was never mine to hold. In that forgiveness, something gentle and luminous took root. It changed the way I breathe, the way I hope, the way I walk forward. This is where my healing truly began. 🤍🕊 ✨
Mitra @ https://www.facebook.com/tipsthatchangeyourlife/