### Affirmation
*My scars are stories of return.*
**Practice:** Touch a scar (seen or unseen) and thank it for the lesson carried.
### Affirmation
*My scars are stories of return.*
**Practice:** Touch a scar (seen or unseen) and thank it for the lesson carried.

When the world seeks to drown you in darkness, speak this truth — the fire within burns eternal.

There is a weight you are offered from the moment you draw breath. It is not the weight of stone or steel, but of expectation.

In chaos I endure, in silence I heal. I am both the strike and the shield.