Lesson 7. Balance

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EPISODE TITLE: Lesson 7 – Balance: Light in the Darkness

Welcome back to The TimeSmith. I’m glad you’re here. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that in our last lesson, we confronted darkness—not just as something to fear or run from, but as something to step into with awareness, intention, and truth.

Today’s lesson is balance. If there’s darkness, what counters it? Light—not just its opposite, but its remedy. This episode explores the deep mental and spiritual spaces we avoid, the loneliness we don’t admit, and the experiences that feel too personal or too painful to say out loud.

We step into the forge once again—the place where transformation happens. Yes, it might resemble a dungeon. It might feel cold, empty. But I’ve learned not to fear loneliness. I don’t have to fill every space. And maybe neither do you.

We talk about how we cope, how we process trauma, and how we live through what we don't always understand. I share a personal, spiritual experience—one I’ve held onto for years—about a night in my youth when I felt an invisible force torment me. The kind of experience that makes you question what’s real, what’s imagined, and what’s spiritual. That night, I learned something about balance. About the name that breaks darkness. About calling out light in the dark, not just hoping it shows up.

This episode is about what it means to confront what’s broken in us without running. To speak honestly about trauma and still reach toward wholeness. It's also about not staying in those dark places forever. I don’t share these stories to be dramatic. I share them because someone out there might be going through something similar, and they need to know: you’re not alone.

We dive into what it means to not just memorize truth but to live it. To stop hiding the most shameful parts of ourselves and instead, extract the lessons that can free us—and maybe even free someone else.

You’ll also hear me speak about why I stopped trusting people at a young age. Why I started writing to God. And why, even now, I believe those memories were not just for me. They were lessons, not just wounds.

So if you’ve been in a season of struggle, questioning your worth, or stuck in cycles you can’t seem to break—this episode is for you. If you’ve ever sat in your room in the dark wondering if anyone sees you, hears you, or understands—this episode is for you. And if you’re someone who wants to understand the mind, trauma, or healing at a deeper level—this is your forge too.

Balance isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence. It’s about acknowledging both the shadows and the light—and choosing, intentionally, to walk toward the light when darkness feels overwhelming.

Next episode, we’ll talk about identity. So if that topic speaks to you, come prepared. Research it, think about it, and bring your questions. I’ll bring my truth.

Until then—if you feel lost, know you can be found. If you feel unloved, know you are loved.

God bless you.

I am The Timesmith.

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