Self Worth

You were never too much.You were too awake. You noticed what others pretended not to see.You named what others stayed quiet about.You asked the questions that made liars uncomfortable.You felt …

They told you walking away meant you gave up.That you weren’t strong enough to “stick it out.”That you didn’t try hard enough, didn’t pray hard enough, didn’t love hard enough. …

They called you difficult.Unreasonable.Too sensitive.Hard to love. But what they really meant was:You stopped making it easy for them to mistreat you. You stopped laughing at disrespect.You stopped minimizing the …

There are people who remember you in your survival state.And they romanticize it. They call it “loyalty.”They call it “love.”They call it “the good times.” But what they’re really doing …

Let’s tell the truth today. Sometimes when people say they “miss you,”what they’re really saying is:“I miss the version of you that didn’t know what you know now.” They don’t …

Not everyone wants to see you healed.Some people were only comfortable when you were quiet, unsure, still bleeding. Your pain made you easier to control.Your guilt made you easier to …

….to gain some reciprocity Lauryn Hill/X Factor We see it every time there’s a crisis.Every time someone needs a turnout.Every time a campaign, a cause, a movement needs strength, strategy, …

There are furious debates about this behind closed doors. Personally, the older that I get, the more conservative I tend to be with my energy flow. At the heart of …

You lose your train of thought.You forget names, words, or where you put your keys.You open your laptop and stare at the screen, feeling overwhelmed before you’ve typed a single …

So you were “right.”You “saw the signs.”You “told her he wasn’t good.”You “would’ve left sooner.”You “would never let that happen to you.” But here’s the truth:Your self-righteousness will not protect …