Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a circumstance in your life and wished you had the pen to rewrite the plot entirely? I mean, aren’t we supposed to be the main character of our own story?
Just a few weeks after her late boyfriend’s passing, Stephanie found herself trying to acclimate to a new reality. Even though her whole world had come to a screeching halt, time kept moving.
It felt impossible to imagine that she could return to doing anything that she loved ever again, especially returning to her music. Thankfully, those closest to her knew that that was in fact the lifeline she needed to be able to begin again.
Returning to the stage brought the little bit of lightness she needed to move forward into the heaviness of her reality and that is exactly the perspective she wrote Track 5, Fiction, from.
If you are in a situation you can’t wrap your head around and are longing for a way through, you won’t want to miss today’s episode as she shares,
- Why this song unironically was a total rewrite
- How fighting for lightness can provide a way through your pain
- Why telling this story has been so valuable to my grieving process
- How accepting your reality can free you to return to yourself
While what you see in front of you might not be the life you had imagined, let Stephanie be the friend to remind you, you are still the main character of your story and there is a whole lot of living yet to do.
Quotes from the episode:
This is how I believe we are able to get through things because we are all going through the same things, just different versions of the gray, because really nothing is black and white.
If you feel that your situation is taking you under, is pulling you down. Search and fight for any level of lightness because it'll be what gets you through.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Listen to the full album On The Edge and track 5 Fiction here:
https://streamlink.to/OnTheEdgeAlbum
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