They thought it would break me.
They thought betrayal would finish what abuse, addiction, and abandonment had started.
But instead…

It awakened me.

I’ve been a foster kid.
I’ve survived addiction, childhood abuse, and sexual assault.
I’ve buried people I loved and been betrayed by the ones I thought never would.
Life tried to teach me pain, and hoped I’d learn to hate.

But I didn’t.

I am a student of the Universe.

And the greatest lesson I’ve learned is this:
Pain doesn’t have to poison you. It can purify you.

When I was cracked open by betrayal and left for dead emotionally and spiritually,
it was GOD, the Archangels, my Ancestors, Ascended Masters, and the old Deities who found me.
Not in a church. Not in a temple. Not in a book.
But in the dark — in the silence between sobs — where I was too broken to pretend anymore.

And do you know what they did?

They picked me up.
They wrapped their wings around my shattered soul.
They whispered truth into my bones,
They reminded me:
I was never meant to carry this pain — I was meant to transmute it.

I learned that hate is not the answer to hurt.
Self-love is.
Rage may be righteous, but it’s not the resting place.
Peace is.

Spirit is not some distant force. It is real.
Alive. Present. Personal.
And it wants to guide you, if you’ll just surrender.

✨ I say this to every soul reading this who has been abused, abandoned, addicted, betrayed, or broken:

Do not let pain define you. Let it refine you.

Do not let the darkness steal your light — let it reveal your light.

You are not forgotten. You are not too damaged. You are not too late.
You are being initiated into your divine self.

🌹 You are seen. You are held. You are worthy of healing. 🌹

This is your call to rise.
To reclaim your spirit.
To become a student of the Universe.
To find God in your own way — and let the pain be your teacher, not your captor.

You are here to flourish.

— Ariba Rising