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The Life I Still Would Have Chosen

The Life I Still Would Have Chosen

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This episode is not recorded from the other side of the storm. It’s recorded from inside it.

In Episode 104 of Metanoia Madness, Nicholas reflects on what it means to stay present with real life when momentum exists but relief does not. When progress is happening, but stability still feels out of reach. When vision is alive, but proof has not arrived yet.

He speaks honestly about the tension of carrying a personal life inside a world that feels unstable, the weight of knowing who you are before life reflects it, and the complicated spiritual landscape of faith without a script.

This episode explores:

• Progress without relief, growth without ease

• The exhaustion of surviving while still becoming

• The shame that comes from not being “where you thought you’d be”

• How global uncertainty leaks into the nervous system

• Faith, agency, and the tension between waiting and participation

• Choosing the path even when it hasn’t rewarded you yet

The episode closes with a reflection and affirmation for anyone in a heavy, unresolved season:

“If you could look back from five years in the future, what part of who you’re becoming now would you be grateful you didn’t abandon?”

Affirmation: I trust the path that shaped me, even before it rewards me.

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