⚖️ The Crossroads of Courage
When reflection becomes strategy When you stand at a crossroad, everyone has an opinion. Some advised, “ Get a lawyer — this is too much to handle alone .” Others only watched, waiting to see if I would fall or rise. They meant well, but their words echoed the noise of urgency, not the rhythm of alignment. I chose to wait. To sit among papers and silence, rereading what others skimmed, letting the story reveal itself in its own time. The papers lay in stacks, screens filled with deadlines and warnings. I felt my pulse in my fingertips as I reread every line, every forgotten date. At first it felt like resistance, maybe even fear, yet something deeper whispered, “ Not yet .” It looked like overthinking, but it was alchemy. Each pause brought more clarity. A word I had overlooked, a document I hadn’t seen in months, suddenly became the missing piece. And through it all, my book The Reflector's Path — Becoming Me sat open on my desktop, a reminder of the...