It is not borrowed. It is not achieved through proximity to someone else’s light. It is walked. Alone at times. Quietly most times. Honestly at all times. Another person’s map may inspire you, but no path can replace your own becoming. Testimonies can guide you. Scriptures can anchor you. Teachers can illuminate doors. But none of these can walk your feet across the terrain of your own soul. Every encounter with the Divine is customized, intimate, and earned through experience. This is what many try to bypass. People want the light without the excavation. The glow without the surrender. The wisdom without the breaking. But the sacred does not reveal itself to spectators. It meets participants. So pull up your sleeves. Enter the deep work. The journey inward is not aesthetic. It is not performative. It is not curated for approval. It is raw, private, and at times disorienting. You will unlearn what you were taught to fear. You will learn what your soul has always known. ...
Beloved, storms may rise. The company around you may shift. Seasons will change. But the vision placed in your spirit was never meant to be shaken, only refined. With every experience, you gain clarity. You learn not only what you desire, but what your soul can no longer carry. Change is not a sign of failure. It is movement. It is life responding to your growth. Separation is not always punishment. Sometimes it is alignment. Sometimes it is divine protection. Sometimes it is love quietly guiding you away from what cannot meet you where you are becoming. Not every ending arrives to hurt you. Some arrive to teach wisdom, to strengthen discernment, to soften the heart without breaking it. Some endings are sacred pauses, moments where the universe clears the path so something more honest can emerge. Give yourself grace as you move through these transitions. Speak gently to yourself. Extend grace to others too. Everyone is learning in real time. Everyone is shedding layers, even when they ...