Hey, it's your girl, simply Shanika, and you are now listening to The Goddess Confessions. the goddess confessions. Your past isn't a death sentence, it's only a lesson. I wanted to talk about that because, you know there are rats that will emerge from the battle who will see that you

are growing and see that you are doing everything to become a better person

Because unlike them you learned from your past mistakes and that is why you are where you are

today and some people they can't handle that so they want to try and keep you stuck in the past.

Because it angers them that you were able to take all of those things that you've been through in your life,

turn them around and make it work for you in a positive way.

And that's what life is about.

Anyone with common sense knows this or anyone that's in tune with themselves

and their consciousness knows that life is about growth.

You are here on this earth to grow, to gain knowledge, wisdom,

and you're not meant to stay the same at all. I have a lot of people who try to do that to me a lot and I'm at the point now where I'm numb to it so it doesn't bother me because I know who I am but they do like people will pop up all the time and bring up some stuff that I did when I was 19 years old. That's when I entered

the industry. I'm 30 years old now.

1930. There's no correlation between the two. You obviously are not the same person you were.

Now I look back on some of the things that I said when I was that young and some of the things that I did and I'd cringe sometimes but not in a way that I'm ashamed. I just went through a growing phase.

I was doing and saying what I thought was the correct thing at the time,

but it wasn't. I was lost. I was very naive. A lot of us are when we're that young. We think we know it all. We think we have all of the answers and we don't want to listen to anyone, but that's what happens.

You make mistakes.

And if you don't learn from those mistakes, then you're the only person to blame for your

growth being stunted.

I look back at every single thing that I've done that was a mistake in my life and I can proudly

sit here and say that I'm not ashamed of anything I own up to it all because that's who I was in those moments and that's not who I am anymore.

And that's the beautiful thing about it and that's a power that no one can take away from you.

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