Theme: Ancestral Freedom • Soul Healing • Restored Power
Today I honor the pain I’ve carried—
the fear, the anger, the survival mode that tried to bury me.
But I am not my past. I am not my pain. I am not the chains.
I am the one who breaks them.
I walk forward holding the wisdom of those who came before me,
even when I didn’t know their names.
I’m learning that my healing is already blessing generations.
That my prayers for enemies are already setting me free.
I don’t have to live on edge anymore.
I don’t have to prove I’m worthy of peace.
Today I rise,
Not just to survive—but to be restored.
Whole. Sacred. Free.
And Zahara Mawu stands with me.
Crowned in fire. Belted in truth.
Guardian of the Divine Warrior within me.
Love and light to all… and so it is.
— Rev. Angela July