15/09/2025
Stay true to yourself and watch yourself grow
I’ve learned that not everyone is meant to understand my journey. Some people will resist my change, some will prefer I stay the same. But choosing myself will always matter more than keeping them comfortable.
Because I wasn’t born to fit inside their idea of who I should be. I wasn’t meant to stay quiet just to keep the peace or to shrink myself just so others can feel comfortable. Growth will always disappoint those who benefit from your silence but that’s a price worth paying. May I have the strength to outgrow the places that no longer feel like home. To step away from people who only love me when I’m easy to control. To choose my own voice, even when it shakes. I don’t owe anyone the version of me that doesn’t dream, that doesn’t rise, that doesn’t dare to be more.
It’s not selfish to choose yourself. It’s not wrong to walk a path others don’t understand. The right people will never feel threatened by your light and they will celebrate it. And those who don’t? They were never meant to hold you forever. So may I keep becoming, even if it means losing the ones who can’t see my worth anymore. May I find the courage to disappoint the wrong people, so I can finally make myself proud. And may I keep growing, even if it means standing alone for a while.
I'm glad that I choose my own peace over someone else's approval. Because anyone who truly loves me will never ask me to stay small. 🤎
— Dorothea.