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It's a phase... it's like a rebirth and it can be very scary and painful.


Beach,

I like that term – a rebirth. This comes at the shattering of the old dream. Our worldview and way of looking at the world is blown to bits in a short period of time. We see the world, as it is – the naked truth. We can NEVER go back. That is the scariest thing of all. We think about the life before the Shattering, and it does not feel real. In some moments, we find ourselves longing for those old feelings and certainties, but we come back to reality and know it is lost forever and unrecoverable. We have to start anew. This is the rebirth of our lives. As we progress in a newfound freedom, we become confident in the new life and would not trade this journey for anything. The old wounds and struggles made us even stronger than we would have been otherwise. We hav ebeen through the fire and after a certain point, nothing can touch us – deep to the core. Yes, things will make us angry, but they only go so far down, and not to the core of our being – that is what has been through the fire and it is hard as steel.

We are truly a new creature.
666 The Beast, Keeper of the Seals

I survived the fire that burned too hot, the high that was too high, the vision that was too bright, and the dreams that were only fantasy. I came crashing to the ground, but here I stand – standing.