Sometimes the greatest act of courage is simply being yourself.

Sometimes the greatest act of courage is simply being yourself.

People will always question who you are, or worse, make assumptions based on their own reality or their ignorance. Never feel obligated to build your home on someone else’s toxic land.

Those who truly love you will never need an explanation.

Those committed to misunderstanding you were never looking for one.

For many of us, especially those of us in the disability community, the world teaches us early to shrink, to explain, to survive.

But survival alone was never the goal.

Wholeness is.

Living with a disability taught me how to survive early.

It’s taken time to learn that I’m also allowed to feel whole.

I know many of us, myself included, battle self-doubt, anxiety, and ever-evolving relationships.

If you are looking for someone who sees you, recognizes your worth, and reminds you that you belong, know that there is room for you here.

If you are reclaiming parts of yourself you once hid, you are not behind.

If being seen feels scary, that does not mean you are doing it wrong.

Your existence is not an explanation.

Your joy is not something you have to earn.

For a long time, I learned how to endure.

Now, I am learning how to live, fully, visibly, and honestly.

Be you.

Do you.

For you.

The world is changed by your light, not by the shackles of detractors.

Keep shining <3