The Light in Our Hands This is deep. For the past seven years, I’ve felt like I’ve been drifting through a dream; sometimes a nightmare. I no longer trusted my body, the one I’d always relied on. It felt like I was trapped inside it, constantly bracing, trying to protect myself from… myself. I lost who I was. I lost my magic. I tucked away my soul and did what I could to survive....but that was all I did. Just survive. I felt caged, frozen in fear, too scared to even try to escape. But one day, something shifted. A flicker. A will to return to myself. That was three years ago. Since then, I’ve been slowly, bravely working to open the door to that cage and step outside. It’s taken so much strength. I’ve had to be brave in ways I never imagined. And yes there have been times I’ve retreated, crawled back into the safety of that cage… but never for long. Because now, I know I’m not meant to stay there. I’ve turned to nature. To energy. To the quiet but certain truth that I a...