10/16/2026
I used to think I needed other people to tell me I was a good person – that making everyone else happy was my sole purpose in life and how I knew I was worthy. Man, did I have it backwards.
I spent my whole life trying to manage how other people saw me and still never knew who I really was. I realized I couldn’t make everyone happy and the more I tried the more I left myself behind.
Once you stop performing for attention or approval, the way you move through the world changes. Your relationships evolve. You finally get to find out what’s authentically yours.
It’s tender at first – like cutting your nail a little too short – but the love has to start from the inside and move outward, never the other way around.