That has been the over the last few years.

But for most of my independence it has been about surviving.

Not doing what I know I need to do.

Not finding the peace that I needed to find.

Lately, slowly I am finding what I need to thrive and not survive.

How to be my best self, some things that I knew all along, others I am just picking up, because I have never had the capability to know how to do some things.

But I see that there is so much more to life and that I have so much to live for.

It is having peace where I need to have it, knowing that I deserve it.

Sometimes it is the subtle signs.

Like being able to be more flexible and seeing where the difference comes from.

Noticing that I am able to sit through church without any issues.

Something that has been longing for me for the longest time.

Just being able to find the peace and happiness that I desired.

Learning how to get my life back on track.

I have seen so much more about needing to do what I need to do that in 2025 than I have ever seen the past six years that I have been living on my own.

It has been a long road and I have been pleading for the sign that I needed to hear to finally get things under control and be on the path for a better life.

I am starting to see more of that every day and to pick up the pieces where I left them over six years ago.

I am proud to be thriving and not just surviving.

I deserve it.

For so long, I read online from those with similar challenges not knowing the culprits, but I knew all along what mine were, and eventually I was able to see what was happening in smaller chunks, knowing that I am on the right path this year and going forward.

I am truly blessed, and I know it.

Blessed to be thriving and surviving the best life that I can!