“I cannot run forever. Sometimes, just sometimes, I have to face the things that I am running from, without fear, and that will free me from them.”

"The mixture of light and darkness gives her silhouette an angelic appearance"

“‘I’ll take it, sir.’ She handed the merchant her card, and the cashier passed it through the cash register. ‘Sold.’”

“Somehow, though, there was a chapter slowly closing all the pain to allow me to acknowledge myself, the anger now the knowledge of my experience.”

“I followed and trusted the words of the Sunset—my guide and subconscious voice: the Holy Spirit. This allowed me to discern that things will not fail for me unless I let them; mindset is everything.”

A journey within to remember the essence of your true Self

I can’t really give her any advice, but I really feel like I need to talk to her. I need to let go of the burden on my shoulders and talk about how much I’ve changed and how much I’ve lost myself. 

I‘ve been trapped in this narrative of “not fitting in” and disliking myself so much so that true self-love has been foreign to me. In fact, it’s been so much easier sitting in this place of self-hate than working towards anything else.

I’m relearning how to love and honor my inner voice and spirit; I’m reprogramming the negative thought patterns and destructive self-talk that triggers self-doubt to rear it’s ugly head.

The most important search of my life…

Self-love is beautiful and I never truly grasped the meaning behind it until two years ago.

“I don’t have AIDS...I’m just thin.”

Embrace yourself, embrace your identity, and most importantly do it as a gift to yourself and not for others…

“You can't be hesitant about who you are.” - Viola Davis