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Thank you for the reminder that we need not become something. Releasing the weight of that is freeing.

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thank you so much for offering this and being here, you have such a beautiful name!

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Just what I needed to read this week ❤

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I am so glad it reached you Cynthia, thanks for reading!

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Amara! this affirmation “there is nothing to become” speaks to me as I’ve been letting myself experience the art I create, rather than assign myself a label to show up as

thank you for writing this 💌 (as I catch up on all the lovely writing I’ve been bookmarking!!)

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big appreciation your way beautiful. I am glad this affirmation found you the way it found me too x

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“There is nothing to become,” speaks to my soul so much right now. Will use this affirmation to remind myself I am everything already. Thank you 🙌🏾

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yes! I love this a lot & 'I am everything already' is a beautiful way to affirm self too!

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Going to work towards absorbing this mindset as I get ready to step into the new year. Thank you for this beautiful piece oh wow.

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thank you and i hope it serves you well

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Beautiful!

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thank you!

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“ I just had to show up where I never had for it to always be.” yesss this is gorgeous.

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ah thank you so much 💓

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A simple phrase that immediately loosened the knots in my shoulders 🫶🏼 thank you!

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i love to hear that you found it useful💓

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You’re challenging me to ponder on my own sabbatical, which often oscillates between spurts of ‘hustle traveling’ in between weeks of recovery. Maybe it should all be recovery :)

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perfect, i love that you’re considering this and that my writing prompted this 🤍 i hope you choose ease and exploration howeverr it manifests!!!

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Ohh yess!!! The new definition of “perfect” immediately reminded me of the many years I’ve tried to redefine “success,” after the influence of hustle culture America shoving its own ideas down my throat. For me, redefining such powerful words = a better quality life.

I also resonated sooo much with the last paragraph, especially the quote: “It is quite hard to explain in the language available that the inevitable is manifested.” Words go through too many filters to describe such abstraction/simplicity.

Thank you for adding to the good vibes on this app! <3

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@tea thank you so much for offering ‘success’ to the list of words to redefine. A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE! 🥹we deserve it, i love that we’re choosing fullness a day at a time. a quiet radical act of being as we want.

also, thanks for the kindness. I’m so glad that I can positively contribute to your time on substack. It’s definitely mutual!

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🫶🫶🫶 the “ quiet radical act of being as we want” i LOVE that... & I’d love to hear more of your redefined words as they come to you in your process!

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Yes for sure, I love this idea!! And thanks for prompting this thought ❤️❤️

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Thank you so much for writing this.

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thank you so much for reading, i’m grateful

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