Marie had been through more pain and suffering than most people could ever imagine. She had faced tragedy, trauma, and adversity each day for as long as she could remember. Nothing seemed to go her way and it was taking a toll on her mental well-being.

She was constantly struggling with feelings of guilt, shame, anger, sadness...the list went on and on. All these negative emotions made it hard for Marie to find peace within herself and in the world around her.

One day when things felt especially difficult, Marie decided that enough was enough; she needed to make a change or else life would continue being unbearable. But where would she start? How could she possibly move past all this pain?

Marie began by forgiving herself for everything that had happened up until then - the good moments mixed in with the bad ones - before deciding to start working on self-acceptance instead of continuing down a path of self-loathing. Each night before going to sleep, she would remind herself that no matter what mistakes she had made in the past they didn't define who she truly was at heart - an important lesson that took time but eventually sunk in deep into her soul's core.

Through many months filled with hard work and dedication Marie slowly started feeling better about herself both physically and mentally; even if doubts still crept up from time to time reminding her how far away from home (of true comfort)she still felt there were also glimmers of hope showing how far along this journey towards healing was! With every new step forward came newfound strength which allowed Marie to keep pushing further ahead until one day something amazing occurred: unconditional self-acceptance! From then onwards there were no longer any restrictions keeping our protagonist from reaching out after her dreams without fear or doubt clouding over such pursuits; whatever happened next only depended solely upon what kind of choices/decisions our brave hero wanted/was willing to take!

Marie-Christine Williams

Author-Speaker -Genocide survivor