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Nicholas Boothman
story echoing until you do not even notice you are
trapped. It feels safe, but it keeps you small.
Courage is different. Courage bends against the
loop. It says one new word, takes one new step,
even when your knees shake.
And when you get to that edge, there is no
pretending left. You cannot lie to yourself anymore.
Every time you choose truth over illusion, every
time you choose courage over comfort, your spark
rises. You stand straighter. You breathe easier. You
feel alive.
But every time you purposely don’t choose—
when you stay silent, when you look away, when
you tell yourself it doesn’t matter—you fall a little
further from who you are. The light fades. The
world dulls. And a part of you knows it. That ache
you feel? That’s your soul keeping score.
And once you have felt that, you cannot go
back. Because now you know what real feels like.
He looked toward the alley, toward the light.
“No going back now.”
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