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M.A.D.E. Chronicles: The Ghost Indwelling is not just some Urban Fantasy, Superhero, Paranormal, Romance genre-bender!

One word can describe all of its varied ingredients: DESTINY!

The key slogan for the Saga is, "You're not ready for this, but you're MADE for it."

Destiny. YOUR destiny.

So, What does that mean? How do we face our demons, our traumas, our memories, our pasts? How do we more than survive, but thrive today in persevering with implacable determination to OWN our every tomorrow?
How can we laugh in the face of darkness, letting the light within us blind the powers that bind us from our destinies?

How do we go from Victims to Victors in making our dreams come true, and our destinies fulfilled?

This Blog, beginning here, will be the one stop shop to finding all those answers, utilizing the narrative elements from M.A.D.E. Chronicles, my wisdom and experiences, and what your heart chooses to share.

What you have to say matters to me! It matters to others, believe it or not! One of the greatest forms of warfare against the darkness--which is anything or anyone who seeks to kill and destroy our destinies--is testimony.

Feel free to share your stories, as it may be the prime catalyst to another's success! Just be respectful to one another, as you would desire the same for yourself.

Ready to take the first step up your Mountain of Destiny?

Thought so. Me, too.

Victims Two Victors? The frig does that mean?

Well, it's a poem that one character gives to another in M.A.D.E. Chronicles: The Ghost Indwelling. Its meaning goes far deeper in this Saga for many of the characters. But let's check out the poem first...

Victims Two Victors

Look at me; please give me embrace—why don’t I exist?
Over and over, I’m left in disgrace—why should I persist?
Vicious words, you leave me defaced—your arrows never miss.
Exiled hope, have I been erased—will my heart desist?

Hold me near in your very warmth—I’m not your regret.
Extinguishing fears and forlorn—we shall not forget.
As one we’ll ride into the storm—put despair to rest.
Let in the sun, the curtain’s torn—together we are dressed.

Stop hitting me, don’t want to bleed—love is not abuse.
Affection I want, but not from a knee—no more black and blue.
Living in pain is not living free—please just let me loose.
Lingering choke, I cannot breathe—death I will not choose.

Walls are broken, but not our flesh—we fight for our lives.
On our meadows, we stand abreast—we will alter time.
Unbreakable, too fast to catch—heading toward new skies.
Never again shall we be bled—with winged hearts we fly.

Don’t smother me, my flesh isn’t yours—your pleasure’s not mine.
Strong-armed passion, taken by force—your love isn’t kind.
Into the void, my dignity mourns—drowned by your lust’s tide.
No longer I’ll trust, I am no more—all my wishes died.

This be our promise until our deaths—we will not release.
Interwoven, we share one breath—locked in passion’s stream.
Made and reborn into heavenly scents—we’ve become a dream.
Eternal dovemates, in love’s nest—together, we are free.

I'll let you have fun with the context surrounding this and the story leading up to it. But much can be taken from this right now, even if you haven't reached this scene.

This poem bleeds out the suffering we humans go through from past traumas--or current--like verbal/emotional, physical, sexual abuse. And, rejection and abandonment. But, it's not limited to those. Just like us, MADE's characters face those, addictions, sicknesses, eating disorders, hate crimes, and many other types of victimization.

But do they lay down and die--no matter how bad the human condition within them pleads for it?
Should we?

A key thing a character says in Acceptance 14: Flavor of Freedom...
“They stole over a decade of my life. They’re not getting the rest of it!”

Then follows up with:
"I wished them the harshest depths and punishments of hell, all of them, but only because the punishment should fit the crimes. I can’t live my life shackled by their past attempts to debase my dignity and honor... They lose; I win! By forgiving and moving forward, whether or not I can someday forget, they stay imprisoned and I bloom in freedom!”

This particular victim has endured the highest echelon of dehumanizing, grotesque, and gruesome forms of abuse, to say the least.
But, has chosen to forgive and push forward; to not lay down and die; to not give up the destiny they have CHOSEN to fulfill; to not allow nightmares to steer their course, but instead give the reins to their dreams; to fight through and face these traumatic demons of old, however long it takes, or difficult it may be; to learn from what bound and gagged and brutalized them, so that such things may never occur again; to be able to help others go from Victims to Victors!

Everyone has a story. And that story has some seriously shitty details of pain. Heart-breaking, sad occurrences that has either killed them, or they've survived...for now.

What you've gone through is not necessarily worse than others; it's just different. It's personal for your world and destiny. But these traumas are DESTINY THIEVES!

They are fully sponsored by the darkness of this world to block and shatter your heart, to enslave your will, and control your mind--the nuclear power plant of your entire existence.

When your soul is no longer yours, and your mind and heart are not acting in concert as one, your destiny is SHUT DOWN.

So where do we go when victimized? And everyone's been victimized in their life as much as everyone has a unique destiny, fearfully and wonderfully made.

The first quote above:
“They stole over a decade of my life. They’re not getting the rest of it!”

Forgiveness. Period. It blows beyond measure to have to suck it up and truly forgive someone in your heart.
Unfortunately, when you hold unforgiveness, you keep the pain and torment intact. And when they're intact, they continue to do their damnedest--torture you. They cause stress, confusion, restlessness, anguish, debilitation from moving forward in your destiny, sickness and health issues.

Really? All because you were forced to endure a form(s) of victimization? Yeah.

It's like the victim has become indebted to the torturer, while being continually tortured. The torturer is not only the cruel perpetrator, but now unforgiveness, too!

Someone may have stolen minutes, days, years from your life. You can't get them back! So, should you lay down and die and give them the rest of your life? Never. Forgive, whether or not you can forget. And the greatest way to forget is through healing yourself. Talking about it, getting help, perhaps seeing doctors for remedies, but ultimately, facing these demons outright, with relentless vigilance and determination to NOT GIVE UP YOUR DESTINY!

Like the character later says, as mentioned above, "...I can’t live my life shackled by their past attempts to debase my dignity and honor... They lose; I win! By forgiving and moving forward, whether or not I can someday forget, they stay imprisoned and I bloom in freedom!”

Bloom in freedom! Your day of freedom begins with forgiving and fighting like the greatest warrior whoever walked this bleeding planet. Who says you can't become your own tourniquet, the bandage to others?

No matter what's happened to you, hear me! Your destiny is your own, but you're meant to affect others--maybe one, a few, or millions!

If you've a breath, and a pulse, you've got no friggin excuse. Don't lay down, don't crawl; rise up, fight, and fight, and fight some more, each step up your fearfully and wonderfully made Mountain of Destiny!

You're not ready for this, but you're MADE for it.

Take the first step.

Game on!

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