11/02/2026
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝.
I hold many beliefs.
Some I’ve released.
Some I’ve invited in.
Some I am yet to encounter.
Some shrank me.
Others have opened my soul and expanded my mind.
In what I’m about to say, I’ve simplified the complex — including some of the most challenging and confronting parts of the healing journey. But there are two beliefs I hold deeply, and they shape everything that follows:
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬.
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞.
From these, I believe something else becomes possible:
𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
Becoming more asks for kindness, acceptance, empathy, and the courage to face uncomfortable truths through a self-compassionate lens. Often, this work brings us face to face with one of the hardest things of all:
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆.
Shame distorts how we see ourselves.
It shrinks us.
It feeds on fear, guilt, regret, and the belief that we are “less than.”
But here is a truth that matters:
So much of the shame we carry was never ours to begin with.
It came from what was done to us.
And if it isn’t yours, it isn’t yours to carry.
It’s time to lay it down.
The harder work is facing the shame that comes from what we did or didn’t do.
This asks for self accountability alongside compassion.
Not excuses — but honesty.
Not punishment — but understanding.
From there, we choose differently.
Moment by moment.
Step by step.
Moving toward who we are becoming.
Healing is not linear.
It doesn’t end.
Life happens.
We learn, we grow, we scar, we expand.
You are more than what happened to you.
You can become more than the worst thing you did.
In the final days of the Snake, the timing is now —
to release what no longer serves
and ignite the spark within
as we shift toward the coming Fire Horse.
𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧.
