CHAPTER 5: 📝 The Power of Telling Your Story: by Anuri Mabel

 

CHAPTER 5

📝 The Power of Telling Your Story: What Mercy Taught Me:

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Honest self-reflection is where healing begins. Explore how telling your truth—no matter how messy—can set you free and lead to lasting change.

We all have a story.
Some parts we tell freely.
Others we bury deep, hoping no one ever finds them.

But here’s what I’ve learned—especially through writing my book Mercy:
The parts we hide often hold the most healing power.

Telling your story isn’t always easy. It’s raw, vulnerable, and sometimes messy.
But it’s also one of the most courageous things you can do.

💬 Why We Stay Silent

For so many of us, silence becomes survival.

We stay quiet because:

• We fear judgment.

• We don’t want to seem weak.

• We were taught that “strong women don’t talk about pain.”

But strength isn’t silence. Strength is truth.
And truth—when spoken with love—sets us free.

When I started writing Mercy, I didn’t intend to write about myself. But what poured out onto the page wasn’t just fiction. It was my own untold story, disguised in a character’s voice. And something incredible happened:

✨ The more I wrote, the more I healed.

✨ What Happens When You Tell the Truth

Here’s what Mercy taught me—and what I hope it teaches you too:

1. You Realize You’re Not Alone

Once I shared parts of the book with early readers, the most common response wasn’t about the plot or characters.
It was this:

“I felt like you were writing my story.”

That’s the power of honesty. It creates connection. It reminds us that what we go through—no matter how painful—is not just ours.

2. You Reclaim Your Voice

There’s a scene in Mercy where the main character finally says something she’s been holding in for years.
That moment was terrifying to write—but it was also liberating.

Telling your story is like lighting a match in the dark.

It doesn’t change everything instantly, but it shows you the way forward.

3. You Help Someone Else Heal

The story you’ve lived through—the one you thought disqualified you?
That might be exactly what someone else needs to hear.

When you tell the truth about your pain, you give others permission to do the same.
You become a mirror. A reminder. A spark of hope.

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🕊️ You Don’t Have to Share It All

Telling your story doesn’t mean posting every detail on social media.
It might mean:

• Writing it in a journal

• Sharing it with a trusted friend

• Turning it into a book or poem

• Saying it aloud to yourself in the mirror

Start where you are.
Speak what you can.
Let mercy lead the rest.

📘 A Message from Mercy

Mercy isn’t just about second chances.
It’s about voice.
About a woman finding the strength to speak—not because it’s easy, but because it’s time.

If you’ve ever swallowed your truth just to survive…
If you’ve ever questioned whether your story matters…
Let Mercy be your reminder: it absolutely does.

👉 Read a free excerpt from Mercy;  https://anurimabel.blogspot.com/2025/05/free-excerpt-from-mercy.html
👉 Buy the full book here;  https://payhip.com/b/FXnDs

💬 Final Thoughts

Your story is sacred.
It doesn’t have to be shiny, tied up in a bow, or perfectly told.

It just has to be yours.
And when you're ready to share it—in any way, on any scale—it becomes a bridge.
A balm.
A light for someone still in the dark.

Tell your story.
Someone is waiting to hear it.

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