take up space
via tweet [https://x.com/this_is_silvia/status/1878818942283853890]:
i’ve been hiding. making myself small. not replying to messages. downplaying the things i do, the gifts i give, the dreams i have. i want to slowly get out of that mindset. here is a visual reminder for myself – and for whoever else needs it too :)
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harwood smaller law.. most ongoing fear.. warning ness.. et al
spaces of permission ness
anonymous ones heavy law.. interpretive labor et al.. nika & silvia on divorce.. marriage\ing et al
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[https://x.com/libriscent/status/2044397985996689658?s=20]:
Never re-enter rooms you had to heal your way out of.
Some doors are not meant to be revisited, no matter how gently they call your name. You remember what it cost you to leave. The quiet battles, the nights you had to gather yourself piece by piece, the way you learned to breathe again in spaces that no longer suffocated you.Familiarity can be deceiving. It wears the face of comfort, but underneath, it often carries the same weight that once broke you. You are not who you were when you first walked into that room. You have outgrown the version of yourself that accepted less, stayed too long, and called it love, or loyalty, or patience.
Do not confuse healing with an invitation to return. You did not fight your way out just to prove you can endure it again. Choose yourself with the same courage it took to leave. Some chapters are meant to remain closed, because you finally learned you deserve better.
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be you. 