I Give Myself Permission

We learned if everyone of us did our job, each of us had a chance to survive. That job became our focus as we learned to shut all else out. We honed this philosophy to a degree that failure to perform was no longer an option. This is why survivor guilt is such a terrible burden to warriors. It’s taken years to allow myself to: Fail, let things slide, admit any kind of weakness, BE HUMAN. This acceptance was necessary to keep pressure from building, a pressure that was ruining my life. It... I Give Myself Permission
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