<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>HODL (npub1rt…djtfs)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>The crucible of a good life is to get betrayed and yet not become a betrayer.&#xA;&#xA;To be cheated and not become a cheater. &#xA;&#xA;To be broken and not become the thing that broke you.&#xA;&#xA;To absorb wounds without passing them forward. &#xA;&#xA;To let it end with you, in you, transformed into something that serves instead of destroys.&#xA;&#xA;That’s the whole game.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​&#xA;&#xA;People that don’t understand that are under the control of those who wronged them. &#xA;&#xA;Stuck in a reactive state. &#xA;&#xA;A slave. &#xA;&#xA;Freedom is a choice.&#xA;&#xA;It’s what you refuse to become because of circumstance. &#xA;&#xA;“My parents never taught me the right way” &#xA;&#xA;Ok I believe you, but that lasted until you were 18. &#xA;&#xA;Let’s say you’re 36 now. You’ve had control over yourself and your own decisions for 18 years. &#xA;&#xA;What have you done with it?&#xA;&#xA;The crucible burns away everything except what you actually are. &#xA;&#xA;So who are you? &#xA;&#xA;Only you get to say. </html></oembed>