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The voice got louder... until I couldn’t ignore it.
At first it whispered. Then it ached. Then it screamed.
I used to silence it.
That tiny voice inside.
The one that said this isn’t it.
The one that whispered something isn’t right here.
The one that asked what would it feel like to just be fully YOU?
At first, it was easy to ignore.
I buried it under deadlines. Pleasing. Work. Noise. Numbness.
I convinced myself I was being “realistic.”
That the life I was living was on paper “perfect”.
But the thing about truth is…
It doesn’t go away.
It waits.
And when you don’t listen?
It gets louder.
It started as a whisper.
Then a throb in my chest.
Then a quiet grief I couldn’t name.
Until one day, it was screaming.
This isn’t your life.
This isn’t your truth.
Your lying to yourself.
It’s no surprise that clarity hit me like a freight train when I was not rushing around.
I was at Burning Man, tapping into feeling instead of thinking
I knew I had to make a big change.
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OFH Reflection:
What’s the voice inside you been trying to say…
that you’ve been too scared to hear?
You don’t have to wait until it screams.
You can listen now.
You can trust her now.
The voice inside you isn’t the problem.
It’s the f*cking compass.
Let it guide you and trust that it will all work out.
M x