Courage Found

Sometimes, starting over feels like stepping into quicksand-one wrong move, and you're sinking. I didn't expect to find myself back at square one, struggling to balance my dwindling savings account and my runaway dreams. But here I am, writing freelance articles in a cozy corner café and pretending I know what I'm doing. Enter Jonah-charming, caffeinated, and entirely too good at making me laugh when I'd rather be wallowing in self-doubt. He's the barista with an artist's soul, and somehow, he's convinced that I'm capable of something great, even when I can barely pay the rent. As we dive deeper into each other's lives, it feels like I'm tiptoeing along the edge of possibility-like I might actually find the courage to make something real of this messy, beautiful existence. But Jonah has his own secrets, and as his past comes knocking, I have to wonder if I'm setting myself up for another fall. Can I really keep moving forward, or am I just stumbling in circles, hoping that one day, everything will finally click into place?