We rise through pain, with grace, and into gold.
“And Still You Mold: The Alchemy of Your Sacred Clay”
There comes a time in every soul’s walk when the dust refuses to stay settled.
When the walls of the life you’ve built begin to whisper,
“There’s more to you, baby.
And we gon’ find it — even if we gotta break you to bless you.”
You woke up in such a time.
Where love felt less like a warm hand and more like a mirror turned cold.
Where the one who once kissed your dreams now calls them foolish.
Where your body, faithful all these years,
begins to tremble not from fear — but from asking,
“Can we still carry your purpose?”
Where your hands ache, and your feet move heavy.
Where your gut speaks in silence and your eyes blur the sunrise.
Where coins clink quietly and opportunities knock softly, if at all.
Where papers, borders, and names say you must choose—
As if identity can be stamped on a passport.
Oh, but baby, you are not made of paper.
You are made of prayer and storm.
Of drumbeats and ancestors.
Of breath too big for any file.
So sit yourself down.
Breathe.
And listen.
Because what you got,
Is clay.
Not the kind for building walls.
But the holy kind,
The kind you mold with shaking hands
and sacred sweat.
The kind that remembers your mother’s prayers
and your grandmother’s silence
and your own deep knowing.
And now, you start shaping it.
Yes, you mold — not in spite of your pain,
but with it.
Because what we knew, what every one of our grandmothers knew,
Is that pain is not punishment.
It is the starting point of poetry.
The seed of your next becoming.
The forge of your divinity.
You are the sculptor of your sorrow.
The alchemist of your ache.
The midwife of your own rebirth.
Let me tell you what you got:
You got a marriage that stings.
But baby, that sting is your invitation.
It’s telling you to reclaim your name,
not in anger,
but in truth.
You are not what You are called.
You are what God whispered when He made you.
What good is gold if it only glitters in silence? What good is transformation if it never breathes light into someone else’s dark? Your pain was never meant to end with you. It was meant to begin something. You weren’t just called to rise.You were called to build a staircase, so others might find the courage to climb.
So how do we build from our wisdom?How do we carve a life that speaks? We step forward with rhythm, grace, and a little fire.
Step One: Gather the Stones You Stumbled On. Every heartbreak.bEvery no. Every slow, aching morning when your bones didn’t want to move. Those are not your burdens, they are your building blocks. Write them down. Name them, not to relive them, but to redeem them. Because every stone you tripped on can become part of the path you lay for someone else.
“Here,” you’ll say,“I once fell here too. But now it holds me steady.”
Step Two: Find the Pattern in the Pain. You see, your life isn’t random.It’s a song your soul chose to sing, and every dissonant note has meaning when you step back far enough to hear the harmony. Did you keep loving people who couldn’t love you back?Did your body cry for care before you listened? Look closer. That pattern? It’s not just pain, it’s direction.
> “This way,” it says.“Build from here. Teach others what took you years to learn.”
Step Three: Mold the Lesson into Language. Speak, child. Write it. Sing it. Whisper it to your children. Let it drip from your fingertips into whatever you touch. You don’t have to be a preacher. You just have to be honest. Tell the truth like a gospel song .Simple. Raw. Full of thunder and beauty. Because someone, somewhere, is waiting for a voice that sounds like theirs, but has walked a few steps further.
Step Four: Don’t Just Heal, Shine Let me tell you something : “We’re not meant to. “
Now, let’s keep walking this sacred path. You’ve gathered the stones. You’ve felt the heat of the fire. You’ve seen how even shattered clay, touched by purpose, can shine like sun-warmed gold. But now comes the part too many skip: Becoming the living temple of what you’ve learned. Because wisdom not lived is just dust on the shelf of your soul. So let’s build higher. Let’s reach further. Let’s transform this house of healing into a beacon others can see across the valleys of their own pain.
Live Loudly. You’ve tasted silence. You’ve wept in corners no one else could see. But now is the time to stand and walk through life as if your pain meant something. Because it did. Don’t just talk about love. Be the warmth in the room. Don’t just quote courage. Walk into your day like fear forgot your name. Don’t just say you’ve grown. Let the fruit of your transformation feed the ones still starving for hope. Let your laughter echo like thunder over the stormy lives of others. Let your stillness say to the anxious,
“Come. There is peace even in this.”
Invite Others to Build With You. You beautiful soul, you were never meant to do this alone. Look around. You’re not the only one with sacred clay. You’re not the only one who’s walked through fire. So now, open your door. Create a space—a table, a circle, a song—where others can come with their broken piecesand find the courage to believe they are not trash, but treasure waiting to be shaped. Tell them: “Your pain is not the end. It’s the beginning of something holy.
“You are the potter and the pot. The storm and the shelter. The scar and the salve.” Because by lifting others, you will rise again and again.
Let the Legacy Shape Itself Through You You don’t have to plan your legacy like a blueprint. Just live the next momenta. As if your soul matters. Because it does. That one kind word, that gentle nod, that quiet holding of space for someone who almost gave up? That is your revolution. Legacy is not just what you leave behind. It’s what you stir awake in others while you’re still here. Let someone say: “When I saw her, I remembered who I was.” “When I heard his story, I stopped running from mine.” “When they loved me without fixing me, I finally began to heal.”
Dance With the Divine
It is not about perfection.It is about presence.It is about how you choose to move when the music changes.The Divine doesn’t ask you to be graceful—She asks you to be honest.—The Dance Begins in the DirtYou thought the wounding was the end? No.That was the drumbeat starting.That was the first stomp of your soul saying: “I’m still here.”Your broken marriage,your aching body,your empty bank account,your unanswered prayers—These are not signs you’ve failed.These are calls to rhythm.They are Life’s way of saying:> “Come dance with Me through this. Let’s move what you cannot fix.”So don’t wait to feel whole.Start moving with what’s real.Because the Divine doesn’t just dance in the church, in the mosque—She dances in kitchens, in hospital beds, in courtrooms and clinics.She dances in you.—Step by Step, Make Meaning. You ask, “But how do I dance with what hurt me?”Oh child, you don’t need to love the pain—but you can learn its choreography.Your body will teach you.Your memories will rise like music.And in every echo of suffering,you will find a sacred step of resilience.When the pain says “Stop,”breathe in and ask,
“What are you here to teach me?”You’ll find the lesson is not always in the words—sometimes it’s in the way you move forward anyway.Let your limp be part of the rhythm.Let your silence become a pause in the symphony.Let your “no more” turn into a new beginning.You’re not here to dance like anyone else.You’re here to dance like the truth of who you are.—Your Story is a Lantern. One day—soon, if not already—someone will stumble onto your path, carrying their own sacred clay ,and whispering the same old lies:> “I’m not enough.”“I’ll never get through this.”“No one sees me.”And you, dear soul, will look at them with eyes that have cried and say,> “Come. Walk beside me.I’ve danced through storms.I know the steps that carry you through.”Your story, when lived out loud, becomes a lantern.Not to shine your glory,but to reveal the shared map of becoming.And when others see you dancing with the Divine,they’ll remember their own rhythm.They’ll remember their own power.Their own music.Their own right to rise.—Let Your Joy Be Loud Oh yes, joy. Don’t you dare forget joy. Not the quiet smile kind. But the arms-wide-open, tear-streaming, belly-laughing, barefoot-on-the-earth kind. That joy is not a reward. It’s a resistance. It’s a resurrection. It says to the world: “You did not break me. You built me.” “I am not what happened to me. I am what I chose to become from it.” When you claim that joy—after everything—you give others permission to do the same. You show them that even ashes can laugh.—The Dance Goes On. So now, beautiful builder of meaning, take your story, your scars, your sacred rhythm—and dance it forward. Create your path as you move. Name your steps as wisdom.Teach others not just how to survive, but how to sing in motion. Let the world see how a soul shines when it dances even with broken feet and still calls it holy ground.Let them see you. Let them remember who they are because you remembered who you were always meant to be. And when your time comes to rest,the Divine will meet you at the edge of the dancefloor and whisper, “You moved well, my child. You lived as I dreamed. And your rhythm will echo in the hearts of many for lifetimes to come.