Letmeremindyou
"Awritingforthosewhoriseup."
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Themomentyoufall…
Thisisnottheend. Thisisthetest.
Itisthere,exactlythere,thatyoudiscoverhowstrongyouare. Notbecauseyoufeelnothing. Butbecauseyoukeepgoing—evenwhiletrembling. Youkeepgoing. Andthatistruepower.
Chapter1
Themomentyoufall
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader Silencemakesnoisewhenyoutouchtheground. Notasoundyouhear.Asoundyoufeel.Inside.
Theheartnolongerspeaks.Itwatches. Itwatcheswhatyouaregoingtodonow.
That’swhereeverythingisatstake. Notwhenyouwin,notwhenyoushine. Butwhenyouareontheground. Whenthereisnothinglefttoprove,nothinglefttosay.
That’swhereyoudiscover. Nothowmuchyouwereloved. Buthowmuchyoucanloveyourself. Eventorn.Evenforgotten.Eventired.
Themomentyoufall… It’sthemomentyoumeetyourstrength.
Nottheoneyoushow. Theoneyouhide. Theonethatneedsnoonetoexist. Theonethatrises,evenwhenyounolongerwantto.
Youfall. Andyoubreatheagain. Soyouhaven’tlost. Youarejustremembering.
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Chapter2
Whenthere’snothingleft…youstillhaveyourself.
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader It’swhenthere’snothingleftthateverythingbegins. Whenthere’snomorenoise,nomoresupport,nomorehope. Justyou.Facingthevoid.Facingyourself.
Andyouwonder:"DoIkeepgoing?CanIstill?"
TheanswerisYES. Youcan.Youmust.Youwill.
Becausewhatyouhaveinsideyou, thatfire,thatrawthing,thatthingnooneunderstands— it’sstillthere.Evenundertheashes. Evenwhenyoufeellikeyou’redone.
Doyouthinkyou’vehitrockbottom? Perfect.That’swherewepush. That’swherewespitoutfear. That’swherewegetbackup. Nottoshowothers. Buttoremindyourself: Iwasn’tmadetofall,Iwasmadetoburn.
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Burningwithwill.
Burningwithcleanrage.
BurningwitheverythingIhaven’tshownyet.
Truestrengthisn’tneverfalling. It’sfalling, crying,
totremble, andtosayanyway:
"Iamstillhere.AndIamnotdone."
Sogetup. Nottomorrow.Notlater. NOW.
You'vealreadywaitedtoolongtorememberwhoyouare. Letmeremindyou.
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Chapter3
Sometimesyouwillneverbethesameagain.Andthat’sforthebest.
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Youdon'tsmilethesameanymore. Youdon'tspeakthesameanymore. Youdon'twalkthesameanymore.
It'snotbecauseyou'velostsomething. It'sbecauseyou'vegainedyourself.
Before,youpaidattention. Towhatpeoplethink.Towhatpeoplesay. Youdidn'twanttodisturb.Youwantedittopass.
Butthen… Youunderstood.Understoodeverything.
Youunderstoodthatstayingsmalldoesnotprotect.
Youunderstoodthatpleasingdoesnotsave. Youunderstoodthatyourpeaceisworthmorethantheircomfort. Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Youarenotheretoplease. Youareheretomakeamark.
Younolongerexcuseyourstrength. Younolongerloweryoureyes. Younolongerwaitforsomeonetogiveyoupermissiontoexist.
Haveyouchanged?
Yes.Andthankyou.
Becausethisversionofyou?
It’stheonethatcannolongerbebroken. It’stheonethatmovesforward,evenwhennooneapplauds. It’stheonethatshineswithoutaskingforforgiveness.
Younolongerseektobeloved. Youseektobealigned.
Andifsomeonetellsyouthatyouare“notlikebeforeanymore,” lookthemstraightinthefaceandsay:
“Exactly.AndIwillnevergoback.”
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Chapter4
Youareneveraloser.
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Youneverstartfromscratch.Evenwheneverythingseemsdestroyed,evenwhenyouthinkyouhave failed,youleavewithsomethingprecious:alesson.Everyexperience,every fall,everysilencehasleftyouamark,ateaching,atruththatonlythosewhohave trulysufferedcanunderstand.Nothingyouhavegonethroughhasbeenuseless.Thereisno
offailure—thereareonlysteps,disguisedrevelations,invisibletransformations.
Sono,youhaven'tlost.Youhavelearned.Youhaveobserved.Youhavegrown.Andyoucontinuetomoveforward, notbecauseyourefusetogiveup,butbecausesomethinginyouknowsthatyou carryastrengththatevenyouhavenotyetfullymeasured.Youarenotfighting againsttheworld,youarebuildingyourselfinthisworld,inyourownway,with yourfire,withyoursilence,withyourchoices.
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Youarestrongertoday.Notinrage,notinvengeance,butinthiscalm newthatresidesinthosewhohavehitrockbottom,whohavecomeback,andwhonowlookat lifewithadeep,clear,andindestructiblegaze.Younolongerseektoplease,youdonot seektoproveanymore.Youexist,youmoveforward,andyouimpose,withoutevenneedingto speak.
Thatisyourvictory.Notatrophy.Notapplause.Butthisclearawareness thatyouarenolongerthesameperson,andthateverythingyougothroughelevatesyouevenmore.Younever lose.Youprepareyourself.
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Chapter5
Youmadeit,withoutevenrealizingit.
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Doyourememberthatmomentwhenyouthoughttomorrowwouldnolongerexist?Wheneverythingseemedtoyou tooheavy,tooblurry,tooempty?Youfeltliketheworldwasstoppingthere,thatyouwouldnot holdon.Andyet…hereyouare.
Today,youareinthat“tomorrow”youthoughtwasimpossible.Youhavecrossedit.Youhavereachedit. Notbyrunning.Notbyshouting.Butbyholdingon.Onedayatatime.Onebreathatatime.
Youmaynothavesortedeverythingout.Youmaynothaveunderstoodeverything.Butyouarehere.Andsometimes,that isenoughtoprovehowstrongyouare.Becausestandingtallwheneverythingpushesyouto collapseisalreadyavictory.
Youarethelivingproofthathopecansurviveeveninsilence.Thatthelightreturns, evenwhenyounolongerbelieveinit.
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Chapter6
Everylessonelevatesyou.
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Sometimes,lifegivesyoulessons.Again.Andagain.Youthinkit'stoomuch.Youthinkthat it'sunfair.Butit'snevertobreakyou.It'stobuildyou.Toremindyouwhat youareworth.Toforceyoutoseekfurther,higher,truer.
Theselessonsarenottheretoprepareyoutolovesomeoneelse.Theyarethereforyouto learntoloveyourself.Sothatyouunderstandthatyourpathisnotmeanttopleaseor follow.Itismeanttorevealyou.
Youdonotfalltobeweak.Youfalltolearntorisedifferently.Withevery fall,lifeelevatesyou,ifyoulisten.Ifyouunderstandthatnothingisagainstyou.Everythingisforyou. Evenwhathurts.
Youareintheprocessofbecoming.Notforothers.Foryourself.Andthatiswhereyourtruepower begins. Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Chapter7
The"Why?"alreadyhasitsanswer.
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Sometimesyouwillscream. Youwilllookuptotheskyandsay:"God,why?" Whyme?Whynow?Whylikethis?
Andyouwillnotalwayshaveananswer.Notrightaway.Notinwords. Butyouneedtoknowonething: Ifyouarefacingthis,itisbecauseyoucangetthroughit. Itisnottopunishyou.Itistopushyou.Totransformyou.Toelevateyou.
Every"why"alreadycarriesitsanswer. Butsomeanswersareonlyseenafterthestorm. Andsometimes,theanswerisjustyoubecomingstronger. Youwhodecidetocontinue,evenwithtears. Youwhodiscoverthatyourfaithisgreaterthanyourfear.
Donotalwaysseektounderstandrightaway. Acceptthatsomepainsarepassages. Bridges.
Towardsaversionofyourselfthatyouwouldhaveneverimagined. Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Chapter8
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Thiswriting…itspeaksofyou. Butalsoofme. Itspeaksofus. Becausewehaveallgonethroughit.
Ineveryhumanbeing,thereisastory. Anexperiencethatwedonotsee. Apastthathasleftscars. Butalsocourage. Apainthathassculptedstrength.
Nostrengthwasbornfromcomfort. Wearenotbornstrong. Webecomeit.
Bynotgivingup,evenwheneverythingscreamedtodoso. Byfalling,again,andagain... Butgettingbackup,everytime. Eventrembling. Evenalone. Evenbroken.
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Youarewhatyouhavesurvived. Wearewhatwehavesurvived.
Evenifnoonecongratulatesyou. Evenifnooneseeswhatyoucarry. Youknow.
Andweknow. Weknowwhatitcoststokeepmovingforward.
Andwhatthispathhasmadeofyou... Thatchange,
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Acknowledgments
Geznah.S|TheSilenceReader
Thankyou.
Toyouwhohavereadthisfar.
Toyouwhorecognizedyourselfintheselines.
Toyouwhorememberedyourstrength.
Thisisnottheend. Thisisonlythebeginning.
Andif,oneday,youfeeltheneedtoreadagain, tofeelagain, torememberagain…
Thenjustletmeknow. Andwecontinue.
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