Somewhere along the way, you stopped needing to be the strongest one in the room. You started allowing yourself to feel, to unlearn, to unravel, to not know… That’s not weakness – that’s wisdom. It takes incredible strength to soften when life has hardened you. To keep your heart open after disappointment. To stay curious when it would be easier to shut down. This is the quiet power that builds slowly, without visible validation. The kind that truly changes everything. You’re not late. You’re not behind. You’re in the thick of it. It’s okay if no one else sees the ways you’re changing. What matters is that you feel it. That you notice the tenderness returning. That you speak your truth a little louder. That you hold yourself a little more kindly. Growth rarely looks glamorous – but it always leaves you more whole.
You don’t have to hold it all together with a smile while your heart quietly aches behind the scenes. The world may have taught you that your worth lies in your resilience, in how much you can carry without breaking — but that’s not the full truth.
There is power in softness, in saying “I need help,” in letting someone else hold space when you’re too tired to keep holding it all on your own.
Strength doesn’t disappear when you lean into help— it’s redefined. It becomes the quiet bravery of allowing someone to see the parts of you that are tired, messy, confused or afraid.
It’s the courage to drop the armour and say, I’m not okay.
You were never meant to do it all without support. You’re not weak for feeling lost or overwhelmed. You’re human and you’re allowed to ask for help.
Let me be the strong one for a while. Let me hold the space and find the solutions instead of it always being you. You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin… you just have to be willing to be honest about where you are.
