Anxiety has a funny way of convincing us that the future is already happening. Not next week. Not next year. Right now. It pulls tomorrow into today and asks us to carry it all at once—the conversations that haven’t happened, the mistakes that haven’t been made, the outcomes that haven’t arrived. And then we wonderContinue reading “Borrowed Time, Borrowed Worry”
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Still Standing, Even When It Drizzles
There’s a quiet confidence that comes from having lived through enough hard seasons. Not the loud, chest-thumping kind. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that changes how you react when life throws something small but annoying your way. Because when you’ve survived real storms, raindrops don’t get the same reaction anymore. StormsContinue reading “Still Standing, Even When It Drizzles”
When Everything Finally Stops Making Sense
It took me a long time to understand this, and honestly, I learned it the hard way. Before Covid, I used to treat every task like it was life-or-death. Every project felt urgent. Every meeting felt critical. Every message felt like it needed an immediate response. I thought being busy meant being valuable, and beingContinue reading “When Everything Finally Stops Making Sense”
THE MIRACLE YOU’RE STANDING ON
Look around for a second. Not with the tired, half-awake glance you give the world on a Monday morning, but with the eyes you had as a kid—the ones that thought everything was magic because, honestly, it kind of is. We live on a planet that shouldn’t make sense. There’s fire boiling at its core,Continue reading “THE MIRACLE YOU’RE STANDING ON”
When You Stop Wrestling the Weather
Life has a funny way of reminding us that we’re not in charge of as much as we think. We like to believe we can out-muscle circumstances, out-plan uncertainty, or out-worry the things that bother us. But the truth is simpler and far less dramatic: some things won’t move no matter how hard we push.Continue reading “When You Stop Wrestling the Weather”
When the World Can Wait
Some days, it feels like the world’s on fast-forward. Emails, meetings, notifications, messages—everything demands a response now. You wake up already behind, spend the day catching up, and go to bed thinking about tomorrow’s to-do list. It’s a loop that never seems to end. And in that chaos, one simple truth gets buried: it’s okayContinue reading “When the World Can Wait”
Don’t Hang It in Your Gallery
You can’t stop people from painting their version of you. Some will sketch from memory, others from imagination, and a few will draw from rumor. Everyone, it seems, has a canvas with your name on it. They’ll paint you in colors that match their mood, not your truth — and when they’re done, they’ll holdContinue reading “Don’t Hang It in Your Gallery”
When Healing Demands Distance
It’s hard to admit that sometimes, the places and people we once called home — the ones that once made us feel safe — can slowly become the very reasons we start to shrink. It starts quietly. You tell yourself you’re just tired, just stressed, just having a rough week. But deep down, your bodyContinue reading “When Healing Demands Distance”
The Beauty of Getting Back Up
We live in a world that celebrates the finish line but rarely talks about the stumble before it. Falling has somehow become synonymous with failure, and yet, it’s the most universal human experience there is. We all fall — some quietly, some publicly, some so hard that we forget what standing even felt like. ButContinue reading “The Beauty of Getting Back Up”
When Growth Looks Like Stillness
We don’t talk enough about the quiet seasons—the ones that don’t look like success, achievement, or forward motion. The ones where everything feels slower, heavier, or even uncertain. But those are the seasons that often matter most. Because some seasons are for roots, not fruit. It’s easy to celebrate the seasons when life is blooming—whenContinue reading “When Growth Looks Like Stillness”
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