01/27/2026
You do not need to turn pain into poetry to make it valid. Not every chapter exists to teach a beautiful lesson, and not every hardship needs a silver lining to justify its impact. Some experiences were simply heavy, disorienting, and unfair. Naming that truth is not weakness. It is honesty.
There is a quiet strength in acknowledging that survival alone required courage. Growth does not only happen in moments of insight or transformation. Sometimes growth looks like getting through something that tried to break you and choosing to stay present anyway.
You were enough even when all you could do was endure.