Let Them Be Wrong About You

If some people can’t see your value; if they choose to judge or stereotype you based on your race, gender, beliefs, mannerisms, or whatever labels they’ve decided to operate from, don’t waste a single second trying to convince them otherwise. Not a second. Not a breath. Not a word. You don’t owe them clarity. You don’t owe them understanding. You don’t owe them anything . The best response has always been no response. Let them be. Let them think whatever nonsense they want to think about you. That’s their right. And your power is in giving them that freedom, while reclaiming your own. Don’t shrink, explain, perform, or prove. Your life is not an audition for someone else's approval. Letting go without a fight - that is power. That’s the kind of healing no one posts about on a sunny day with a green juice. Healing? It doesn’t always look pretty. Sometimes, it’s feeling the anger you buried a decade ago. It’s finally hearing your own voice again after years of silencing it to...