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A warrior is the perfect word for chronic illness. It's a foe that we either can't vanquish, or it's really hard, and it demands our best.

It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

"Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You can not withstand the storm. ' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm."

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With a quote like that and being the warrior I am/ that we are, it’s a good job I got started with “don’t waste time waiting for the storm to pass, just learn to dance in the rain”. It’s on the back of a vision board I created back in 2018, a health vision board - right before my health took the greatest nose dive of all. It took me a long time to dance again but at least I didn’t drown 😆💃🏼🕺🏽

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There is absolutely energy associated with the words we use. One of my Indigenous friends and mentors speaks of "Deh Saad Beh" - Words of Power, which is in sync with the principles of Spell-Casting in Witchcraft. I periodically switch up/out the words I use to fine tune my vocabulary as I fine tune my perspective.

I'm also an energy worker with my squad of crystals. I'm starting to get back into that work as I move forward in my life.

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Loving those words of power! I reckon there’s a good chance I’m doing that with words too - my vocabulary and my ability to articulate what it is I want to say and how I communicate is changing and upgrading all the time. I used to not be able to speak at all about anything beyond surface level😆

I love that you have a squad of crystals, it sounds like it’s calling you 🥰

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The opposite of not fighting is not giving in. Absolutely. A gentler path to healing! I love reading about your journey

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Glad you found it come across that way, thank you. I literally had no idea where this post was going and how it was going to turn out. Only that I’ve wanted to write it all year now😆

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As soon as you said warrior I thought power and there it was later on in the post! It's not about fighting, it's about defending your right to wellness at all times.

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Love this outline of it! I need to use that as a quote somewhere

I also wanted to incorporate the warrior wellness you mentioned on linked in last week but when I went back to finish it off it slipped my mind x

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