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Big Dee Nigeria Writer, Designer, and Coach. @ Yabatech
In People and Society 2 min read
Everyone’s fighting something you can’t see... Read this before you scroll past another “I’m fine.”
<p>Stop! Don’t touch me.</p><p><br/></p><p>The sound came first... Then, the sharp crack of glass against the floor.</p><p>Afterwards ... silence. </p><p>The kind that holds its breath.</p><p><br/></p><p>She stood by the table, hands shaking, eyes fixed on the man who just stared back.. calm, like nothing had happened.</p><p><br/></p><p>The same calm he wore every Sunday when he smiled beside her parents in church.</p><p><br/></p><p>They trusted him.</p><p>They always did.</p><p>Third trip this month  “Your uncle will look after you.”</p><p><br/></p><p>However, she knew what that meant.</p><p>She’d known since she was ten.</p><p><br/></p><p>So she learned to smile when it hurt.</p><p>To nod in church.</p><p>To laugh online.</p><p>Because talking wasn’t safe, not when secrets held the whole family hostage.</p><p><br/></p><p>Secrets capable of tearing her family apart.😢</p><p><br/></p><p>At sixteen, people called her “too quiet.”</p><p>“Too proud"... No one ever asked why.</p><p><br/></p><p>And that’s the thing, isn’t it?</p><p><br/></p><p>So many of us are walking around, smiling through storms we can’t name.. hoping someone will notice, but also praying no one does.</p><p><br/></p><p>Everyone is going through something.</p><p>Some people don’t need help or money, just someone who listens.</p><p>Someone who says, “You can talk to me,” and actually means it.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, please... be that person.</p><p>Not the one who judges.</p><p>Not the one who gossips.</p><p>Just the one who hears.</p><p><br/></p><p>When last did you truly listen to</p><p> someone without trying to fix them?</p><p><br/></p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/bethelisteningears">#BeTheListeningEars</a></p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/big">#BIG</a> DEE</p>

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