LIVE FREE or DIE TRYING

LIVE FREE or DIE TRYING

Chapter 144 — Gravity Without Applause 🖤

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Feb 09, 2026
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There is a moment after refusal when nothing dramatic happens.

No lightning.

No crowd.

No instant relief.

This is where most people turn back.

Because the nervous system has been trained to equate change with noise, and silence with failure. Because withdrawal feels like loss before it feels like power. Because absence doesn’t clap.

But this is the chapter …

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