12/19/2025
Belonging is not something you earn by becoming smaller or quieter. It is not built through approval, performance, or bending yourself to fit spaces that never felt safe to begin with. True belonging feels like exhale, not effort.
When you are in the right rooms, your presence does not need to be explained. You are not questioned, corrected, or diminished. You are allowed to be fully yourself without apology.
You do not have to shrink to belong. You were meant to be received as you are.
