10 Sacred Truths for Black Women Who Are Tired of Carrying the World

1. You are not a beast of burden.The world will try to make you one. It will pile its sins, mistakes, and unhealed wounds onto your back. Refuse. Yo

1. You are not a beast of burden.
The world will try to make you one. It will pile its sins, mistakes, and unhealed wounds onto your back. Refuse. You were not created to carry what does not belong to you.

2. Your exhaustion is valid.
You are not “too sensitive.” You are not imagining things. You are tired because you have been asked to endure what no human being should. Rest is not weakness. Rest is resistance.

3. Pay attention to your health. Listen to your body.
Stress will speak through your body before your mind catches up. That headache, that tightness in your chest, that bone-deep fatigue—it’s not just “life.” Your body is a temple. Tend to it with reverence.

4. Not everyone deserves your softness.
You are not required to make yourself small, polite, or accommodating for those who see you as a resource instead of a person. Your warmth is a privilege, not an obligation.

5. Boundaries are altars.
Every time you say “no,” every time you reclaim your peace, every time you remove yourself from harm, you are building a sacred space where your spirit can breathe. Protect it.

6. You don’t have to entertain the men that other women adore.
If a woman chooses to love him, protect him, or welcome him into her space, that is her choice. But it does not bind you to anything. Your spirit has the right to say, “not here, not me, not today.”

7. You are not required to heal everyone.
The healer must also be healed. The nurturer must also be nurtured. Your energy is precious, and not every wound is yours to tend.

8. Your anger is holy.
Do not let them shame you out of your fire. The world has stolen too much from Black women—our voices, our time, our peace. Let your anger be a compass, not a cage.

9. You are allowed to want ease.
Struggle is not your birthright. You do not have to earn your peace through suffering. Joy is your inheritance. Take it.

10. You are a living altar.
You are the prayers of your ancestors made flesh. They prayed for US. Can you imagine? The prayers over your life arrived here before you did. You are the wisdom, the light, the resilience they left behind. You do not need permission to take up space. You ARE the space.

You are here to live, to love, to experience joy so deep it reaches your bones. You are worthy of peace. You are worthy of softness. You are worthy of care. And every time you choose yourself, every time you listen to your body, every time you set a boundary, you are honoring the sacred woman that you are.

So take your time, take your space, and take your joy—without apology.

You deserve every bit of it.

I’m rooting for you!