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Trials And Triumphs

Trials And Triumphs

By: Thapelo Blessing
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Spoken word reflections on strength, resilience, and becoming told through my voice and sound.Thapelo Blessing Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Episode 5 (Music Escape)
    Feb 8 2026

    Music Escape is where everything finds release.

    After ambition is ignited, belonging questioned, regrets faced, and rock bottom confronted, this final episode turns to music as refuge, expression, and freedom. Inspired by the soul of Trials and Triumphs, it reflects on how sound becomes a place to breathe when words are heavy and life feels loud.

    Through spoken word layered with rhythm, Music Escape captures the way music carries emotion, heals quietly, and gives voice to what can’t always be explained. It’s not about running away, it’s about finding space to recover, reset, and rise again.

    This episode closes the journey by honoring creativity as strength, and music as a companion through both trials and triumphs.

    Sometimes survival sounds like a melody.

    Sometimes strength feels like escape.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 3 (Shadows Of Regrets)
    Feb 8 2026

    Shadows of Regrets steps into the quiet space where past choices linger.

    This chapter reflects on moments we wish we could rewrite words left unsaid, paths not taken, decisions made in fear or haste. Inspired by the emotional core of Trials and Triumphs, it explores how regret can either weigh us down or teach us who we are meant to become.

    Through spoken word and restrained sound, Shadows of Regrets doesn’t dwell in self-blame. Instead, it examines reflection, accountability, and the strength it takes to face your past without letting it define your future.

    This chapter is for those who have looked back with heavy eyes and still found the courage to move forward.

    Regret casts shadows.

    Strength is learning how to walk through them.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 2 (Fitting In)
    Feb 8 2026

    Fitting In confronts one of the quietest battles we face,the pressure to belong without losing ourselves.

    Inspired by the themes of Trials and Triumphs, this episode explores the tension between acceptance and authenticity, between adapting to the world and staying true to who you are becoming. It speaks to moments of comparison, silence, and self-questioning and the strength it takes to stand firm when blending in feels easier than standing out.

    Through spoken word and sound, Fitting In reflects on identity shaped by struggle, growth formed in discomfort, and the realization that belonging doesn’t come from changing yourself it comes from owning yourself.

    This episode is for anyone who has ever felt out of place, underestimated, or unseen — and chose to keep going anyway.

    Sometimes strength isn’t fitting in.

    It’s deciding you no longer need to.

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    1 min
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