The Day Gravity Let Go
Learning to Fall by Learning to Rise
On a quiet morning, gravity loosened its grip. People floated inches above the ground, furniture drifted gently upward, and rivers shimmered with suspended droplets. Children laughed as they kicked off the earth, delighted by weightlessness. Adults panicked, clinging to anything stable. One woman released her fear and allowed herself to drift freely. In the air, she realized how much of life she’d spent clinging—clinging to certainty, to routine, to old pain. After hours of silence and floating, gravity returned with a soft thud. People stumbled as they reacquainted themselves with weight. But the floating woman landed gracefully, carrying a new truth: freedom is not the lack of gravity—it is the courage to stop holding on.
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