Dear Brother, Dear Sister...
What if, right now, you gave yourself permission? What if you decided, this very moment, to stop playing small? To start showing up for yourself, in all your brilliance, even if it feels uncomfortable
I’ve been thinking a lot about you lately. About the weight you carry. About how you’ve learned to smile through the heaviness, how you’ve made it look so easy. But I can see what’s behind that smile, behind the quiet moments when no one is watching.
If there’s something I wish you could feel right now, it will be some kind of release, a permission. To be more precise - the permission to flourish.
I know you’ve been waiting. You’ve been waiting for the right time, the right sign, the right version of yourself that feels worthy of more. You’re waiting for someone, something, to look you in the eye and say, “It’s OK now. You can be everything you’ve always wanted to be.” But the sad truth is that no one else is going to say it to you. The world isn’t waiting with open arms to invite you to step into your greatness. If anything, the world will tell you to be careful, to be small, to be “realistic”.
But I want to tell you that you - just as you are, right here, right now - deserve to flourish. You deserve to take up space, to shine without holding back, without asking for anyone’s approval.
Think about how long you’ve been holding your breath. Holding back pieces of yourself because maybe you thought they were too much, or not enough. That dream you keep locked away, that voice inside you that whispers “there’s more.” But you hush it because who are you to want more? Who are you to think you deserve more?
Who are you not to?
No one else can give you the life you’re aching for. No one else can unlock the part of you that’s been trapped under years of playing it safe, of shrinking to fit the space you were given. Only you can. And maybe that’s the hardest part - to realize you’ve been waiting for permission you already have the power to give yourself.
I know it’s scary. Stepping into your own light is terrifying because it means letting go of all the ways you’ve stayed hidden, all the ways you’ve convinced yourself you’re not ready. It means letting go of familiar roles, situations and circumstances where you’ve felt safe. But let me ask you something - if not now, when? How long will you keep postponing your own life? How long will you stay in the background, watching everyone else live their stories, when your own is waiting, begging to be written?
I’m not talking about perfection. I’m talking about growth. About saying yes to the parts of you that are hungry for more - more joy, more love, more risk, more life. You are allowed to want more. You are allowed to dream bigger that you’ve been told is possible.
I know you’re perhaps tired from all the things you’ve been through - the pain, the rejections, the setbacks, the constant insecurity that comes from always questioning yourself. I know the world hasn’t always been kind to you. But inside you, there is a strength so fierce, so unstoppable, that even you cannot fully comprehend. You’ve survived. You’ve endured. And now, it’s time to live and thrive.
It’s time to trust yourself. To give yourself permission to take the leap, even if your hands are shaking. To believe that the life you’ve been imagining is not only possible, but that it’s yours for the taking. So take up space. Speak your truth. Let yourself be seen. Flourish! You owe that to yourself. Not to prove anything to anyone else, but to honor who you are.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it.
Give yourself permission to flourish, because no one else can do it for you. And I promise you, once you do, you will wonder why you ever waited so long.