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Student @ University of Abuja
Reclaiming your peace
<p>"One of the hardest things you’ll ever do is choose yourself in a world that constantly tells you to prove your value to others. From childhood, we’re taught to seek approval through grades, appearance, popularity, relationships, achievements. We're trained to chase validation like it's a prize, to stay in rooms where we’re not respected just to feel seen, to shrink our voices so others feel comfortable, to love people who barely show up for us, just so we don’t feel alone. But one day, you begin to feel it the quiet discomfort in pleasing everyone but yourself. The ache of pouring endlessly into others while being left empty. The weight of pretending you're okay just to keep the peace. And in that discomfort, something awakens: the realization that your worth was never meant to be proven, only recognized.</p><p>You start to outgrow the conversations that don’t nourish you. The friendships that drain more than they give. The situations that demand too much and offer too little. You begin to crave depth, peace, and purpose over noise, drama, or attention. You stop begging to be chosen and start choosing yourself. And in that shift, you reclaim your power—not because you became more, but because you finally saw what was always there.</p><p>Healing isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s found in quiet mornings, in saying no without guilt, in letting go without anger, in learning to be proud of your progress even when no one claps. And growth isn’t always pretty. Sometimes it looks like distance. Like solitude. Like becoming the version of yourself you were once scared of—free, honest, whole.</p><p>So no you don’t owe anyone an explanation for prioritizing your peace. You don’t need permission to be enough. And you don’t have to carry who you were just to make others comfortable. Let them misunderstand you. Let them talk. What matters is that you're finally showing up for the person who matters most: you".</p>
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