Tag: GrowthThroughStruggle
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The Ghost of Control
You think it’s gone. The power you gave, the trust you placed. You think when the scene ends, it’s over. But it isn’t. It never is. What you gave doesn’t vanish—it haunts you. It breathes with you. It marks you. And that mark never leaves. Control doesn’t die when the cuffs come off. It lingers.…
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I Have Zero Talent
I have zero talent.Everything I am and everything I know—I learned the hard way.Through mistakes. Through mess. Through the school of hard knocks.I’m self-taught.I’m self-made. I’ve got a lot of its. If I have it, I worked for it.If I wanted it, I saved for it.If I want to keep it, I take care of…
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Choose Your Hard
Life’s hard. Not in the Instagram-quote kind of way. In the real way. The way that leaves marks. The way that forces you to decide which pain you’re willing to live with—because either way, you’re gonna bleed. Marriage? Hard.You’re locking in with someone who’s gonna see every flaw, every bad habit, every ugly truth you try to…
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Grabbin’ Biscuits
Ever heard the saying, “you gotta risk it for the biscuit”?Nobody can quite pin down where it started—some say an old newspaper headline, some say an ad campaign, maybe just street talk that stuck. Doesn’t matter. What matters is why it stuck. Because deep down, we all know the truth inside it:Life doesn’t hand out biscuits.You…
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Embracing the Beauty of Almost
It’s hard to measure almost; cause almost doesn’t count. ~Dray Orion They say close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.But “almost”—that’s a different beast. Almost is dirty. It’s frustrating. It’s the bruise you keep pressing just to remind yourself you were in the fight.Most people write it off. No win? Doesn’t matter.But almost is where…
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You Thought I would Break
You thought I would break, didn’t you?You saw the cracks and mistook them for weakness.But I wasn’t cracking—I was expanding.Stretching past what tried to contain me. Growing into a version of myself you never saw coming. You thought the silence meant defeat. You mistook stillness for surrender.But I wasn’t frozen—I was choosing my next move…
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You’ve Got to Feel Me
I often say I’m an open book—but the truth is, some of the chapters are written in braille.So if you really want to understand the story…You’ve got to feel me. Not everything about me is written in plain sight. Not every truth is told in bold print, captioned neatly, or posted for easy consumption. Some…
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I Did the Damn Thing
After more than a year of writing, rewriting, overthinking, cussing at Word docs, doubting myself, and then finally deciding to do it anyway… I did the damn thing. My book is finished. Published. Out in the world. Living Out Loud: No Shame, No Chains. It’s raw. It’s personal. It’s a manifesto for anyone who’s ever…
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