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Day 14: I am grateful for my freedom.
Today I am a grateful survivor–thanks in large part to my own efforts to survive.
I am grateful for my liberation.
Where once I was oppressed, I was finally set free!
I am grateful for my freedom.
When once I was imprisoned, I was at my own hands released.
I am thankful for my life.
Where more than once I nearly lost it, I was given another chance and then another.
My life has changed; I’m not the same that I once was–not as tough, not as resilient, but in some important ways I am even stronger, even better. I miss my strong, healthy self, but I have made peace with all of the compromises and many of the wounds.
Sometimes, it’s not such a bad tradeoff.
How about you?
What are you grateful for today?
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