Tonight my best friend helped me burn a dark chapter from my past. Before heading over, I spent time in meditation with My Goddess. 
I was heading in this direction all week but the group meditation on peace pushed me to finally embrace the idea. If I wanted real peace in myself, the chaotic mess I was holding onto needed to go.
I am typing this at the end of February 5th. 
It is both 5 months and 7 months to important dates in my life from 2020. A decision I made 5 months ago led to the most devastating decision a person can make, but thankfully it also led to renewed life.
There has been a box 
in my closet since I moved back home. In it was an entire chapter of my life from June 26th - Sept 7th. Two of my best friends know what was in this box and how hard it was to release these things. The rest of my friends don’t need to know what was inside - all they need to know is my headspace.
I feel free. 
All of the healing I’ve experienced lately is thanks to all of the great wisdom shared on here, through the philosophy books 
I am reading, and through the enormous effort put forth by multiple medical professionals. More importantly, the love 
I have felt here and in my “real life” has helped me realize I needed to love myself and forgive myself if I was ever going to truly heal.
This post is already too long. 
Instead of going into the whole ritual, I only need to share this: It was therapeutic watching this box turn into ashes. And as it burned away I felt like a phoenix 
rising from those ashes. @SilverBear, you get the biggest shoutout today. All of the videos you have made on releasing trauma, performing mental exorcism, etc., has been so freeing. Thank you.