16/07/2025
Poverty has a voice. And if you’re not careful, it will run your life.
I grew up in serious poverty, not the kind we romanticize, but the kind that scars your mind, your confidence, and your worldview.
Poverty cripples you.
It convinces you to exclude yourself from certain tables, rooms, and relationships.
It whispers, “You don’t belong there.”
It tells you you’re not deserving of good things,luxury, love, respect, abundance.
You find yourself settling:
• Dating only certain kinds of men
• Avoiding certain places
• Feeling awkward eating certain foods
• Thinking you can’t be friends with certain people
All because something inside says, “That life is not for you.”
And let me tell you this mindset follows you into business or your career, yeah that’s how stubborn it is. 😂🤣
It showed up in how I priced my services.
It showed up in which clients I approached.
Poverty has a tone. It has a script. It tells you:
“Play small. Don’t aim too high. Stay where you belong.”
Over the years I did the work( I am still working) spiritually, emotionally and mentally.
I realized that Jesus did not die for me to live in survival mode.
That I am worthy of love, of luxury, of abundance.
And slowly, my mindset shifted.
Things I used to shy away from five years ago?
Now I embrace them.
I’m no longer intimidated by well-spoken, good looking successful men.
I eat the good food, I go to ncaaaa places.
I pursue the high-value relationships.
I walk into rooms that poverty once told me were off-limits.
As an entrepreneur, I am pitching to big organizations.
In my creative business, I’m working with elegant, high end women.
I am intentionally shaking off the shackles of poverty daily.
So here’s my question to you:
Are you running your business, your relationships, your life
from the lens of poverty?
Or from the lens of the life you want to live
one of success, wealth, breakthrough, and no limitations?
© Mellow the Chemist
