When you’re forced through everything you’re scared of… you don’t come out softer.

When you’re forced through everything you’re scared of…
you don’t come out softer.

You come out clear.

I didn’t wake up fearless one day.
Fear got burned off – slowly – by experience.
By going through the thing I swore I couldn’t survive.
By realizing I did survive it.
Again. And again. And again.

It’s the kind that doesn’t need approval.
Doesn’t flinch at opinions.
Doesn’t negotiate with threats it’s already lived through.

You stop being scared of losing things
once you’ve lost enough and rebuilt anyway.
You stop fearing judgment
once you’ve been misunderstood and kept going.
You stop fearing failure
once you realize it never actually ended you.

So no – I’m not fearless.
I’m just not bluffable anymore.

And that changes everything.

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