ALCHEMY EDITION 135
For a long time, dread was a constant part of my life. It wasn’t until I broke it off with dread that I realized I had spent a good 20 years or so quietly accepting that dread was just this thing I Iived alongside. The thing is, I didn’t know it was dread. In my life dread wore many masks. The most fabulous being the one of achievement. Pushing through, forcing, always telling myself, “just get through this part.” I was constantly pushing through and pushing through fast. To get to the end when I can do or have or say or experience THIS thing that is better. It all looked like achievement. And felt like achievement. But I...