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Power. Pause. Purpose. Pressure.

Purpose Over Pressure

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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our Power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our Freedom.” - Viktor E. Frankl, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’

A new week begins with renewed hope and focused steps toward Freedom. Viktor E. Frankl’s reflections on Power and Freedom have been top of mind, as I recognize how long-held ways of thinking have been proponents of harm. It’s new for me to move with Purpose and not in reaction to pressure - to embody what I wished every spin class I taught: “Make your ‘YES’ expensive”.

My focused pursuit of safe legal counsel has narrowed, as I work to secure representation ahead of a fast-approaching court date, set shortly after last week’s newsletter by my abuser’s counsel. As has been consistent throughout these 23 months in pursuit of Freedom, my abuser’s counsel continues to rely on pressure and coercive tactics in an attempt to force me to surrender my independence and economic self-sufficiency.

Jerry Flowers Jr. reminds me of the danger in surrendering to my abuser’s urgency when he says, “A short-sighted mind cannot make long-term plans.” Though I cannot return to the past to undo the harm already done, my future does not belong to my abuser. The years of economic devastation ahead, caused by his intentional, cruel, and abusive choices, are not a sentence I am bound to serve.

Practically Speaking, Practice.

Please forgive my newness, but the simplicity of saying “YES” to only that which aligns with one’s Growth and Freedom has felt like the inaugural bite of summer’s first mango.

Even if the Freedom we seek remains just out of reach, it is still worth every setback and failure - as long as our eyes remain firmly fixed on the horizon of the promised land ahead. FREEDOM.

Practically Speaking, Supportive Action.

Thank you for your continued practical and meaningful support toward Freedom - I pray the goodness of your heart be reflected back to you tenfold.

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In Gratitude and Freedom,

Kaeyae Alo

✨ Dedicated to E.M. and Madisson Cobb

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