When you can see the power that you have—the physical and mental prowess you were likely born with, but your belief in it has been squashed due to various life events and others’ perceptions of you—and then you realize that you had it in you the whole time and you just had to coax it out at the right minute in the right situation, you start to believe that you can do anything. And this power is heady. It’s dangerous even, especially to folks who had ever told you or hinted that you couldn’t do something, that you wouldn’t be able to achieve something. Acknowledging and welcoming your
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