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Outside the tank:
I’d choose compassion and forgiveness instead of fear/anger more often. I breathed easier more often.
I could even trust Life/Presence/God/Spirit to support me more, something I wanted to believe instead of “I’m alone and don’t know what I’m doing.” This trust was like trusting the salty float water to hold me, the tank to cocoon me safely.
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