How's Your Phoenix Fire Going?

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We all know the symbolism of the phoenix rising from the ashes.

I remember being introduced to the idea during my sophomore year of high school when I heard “32 Flavors” by Ani DiFrancofor the first time.

“And god help you if you are a phoenix
And you dare to rise up from the ash
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
While you are just flying past”

Fuck. Yes.

I did the 1997 version of Googling & read about the symbolism in the encyclopedia.

I knew, even back then at the age of 17 in the not-for-the-weak 90s, that I was going to be a phoenix many times over in my life.

And since then I’ve been setting my own phoenix fires, one after another.

Read Before Burning:

🐦‍🔥 Setting your own phoenix fire takes equal amounts of bravery, balls & no fucks.

🐦‍🔥 Setting your own phoenix fire takes faith in yourself that no matter how bad the burns, the phoenix will rise.

🐦‍🔥 Setting your own phoenix fire isn’t for the weak, but it does build some incredible strength.

Now there have been plenty of phoenix fires that have been setforme - ones that I didn’t have a say in, ones that I tried to run from. And while the burning may not have always been on my terms, the rising was always mine and mine alone.

That’s the thing about a phoenix fire - set intentionally or not, you get to decide how you rise.

My Favorite Phoenix Fires

❤️‍🔥 Leaving a “good” job because my soul couldn’t take it anymore.

❤️‍🔥 Saying ‘no’ to the guy everyone thought was perfect because he wasn’t my perfect.

❤️‍🔥 Facing the trauma head on, without blinders, and with a willing heart.

❤️‍🔥 Crossing a marathon finish line after years of feeling weak in almost every way.

❤️‍🔥 Setting a boundary that others see as “heartless” while they suffer without said boundary.

❤️‍🔥 Starting a business while in the burning.

And I know I have so many more to come. At least I sure hope I do.

The phoenix fires, while not pleasant, are necessary to strip away the versions of you, the stories, the beliefs that keep you in a place you don’t belong.

Or more importantly, that you don’t want to be in.

So, your turn…

What phoenix fire are you in?

What fire are you about to light?

What fire is helping you rise?

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