I saw this post today and it make me accept what is now and look forward for what is to be hope this helps some of u heartbroken kittens Good morning, beloved witches and ash-covered risers...
It's Friday, and we need to talk about what rebirth actually costs.
They love the story of the phoenix.
The rising. The glory.
The flawless creature emerging, golden and new.
But they always skip the part where she 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀.
Where everything she was
turns to smoke and drifting cinder.
Where the heat is unbearable.
Where she doesn't rise gracefully...
she claws her way up, choking, smoking,
raw and barely recognizable.
Alas, transformation is not gentle.
You don't become new
by carefully rearranging your old self.
You become new by letting the old self die.
The job that drained you.
The relationship that kept you small.
The version of yourself that said yes
when every cell screamed no.
It had to burn.
And maybe you're still in the flames.
Maybe you're still ash and char,
wondering if you'll ever feel whole again.
Know this: You will.
But not by going back.
Not by trying to salvage what's already gone.
Ah, the phoenix does not mourn her old feathers
because she understands: this is the price of becoming.
So if you are in the fire right now:
if you're losing things, shedding things,
if it hurts more than you thought it possibly could...
You are not falling apart.
You are burning away what you are not.
And what rises from these ashes?
That will be wholly, fiercely yours.
Last updated on:2025-10-27T13:51:21+05:30
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this hit me… when you say you’re still in the flames, what’s the hardest part to let go of right now? trying to understand the full picture.
it really is different for everyone I was in a toxic trauma bond relationship the first part was just stoping the addiction of wanting to be with someone who was destroying me. just learning to feel safe again sleep stop the anxiety that was my fire 🔥 and it was truly agonizing sitting with the pain of the detox to return my mind and body to a safe state that was my fire 🔥 right now I need to let go of the version of me who was with him as I never ever want to attract someone like that. to be fair this pain did transform me in a lot of positive way I started my business poured into myself serious glow up. I’m not there yet but definitely a beautiful powerful phoenix awaits if u do the work ❤️
it’s brutal and raw, but i’ve learned to honor the burn. journaling, walks, letting myself cry without shame—those little things actually help you claw your way up. you’ll rise, promise.
i’ve been in that fire too… breaking up, leaving toxic work, losing friends who weren’t meant for me. it burns so bad but somehow, slowly, i started to feel… me again.
I have a phoenix tattoo. Always think, and still I rise.