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Rachel Leeke Alexis's avatar

Loved this bit: 'When love became my standard instead of my excuse, my choices got simpler." When we get clear, the path becomes clear.

Black Girl Narrative's avatar

Thank you for reading!

Authentically Secure's avatar

Thank you! This was poetically ON TIME! Thankful for divine reassurance and confirmation!

Ashley C.'s avatar

Wow wow wow. Every single line of this hit home. Every one.

Robin Miles, PhD's avatar

Thank you for this! Love is such a critically important inquiry in this day and time. My work centers love as an essential leadership capability, extending our lived experience, understanding and embodiment of love beyond that of a sentimental state.

Chat P's avatar

It’s habit. It’s fear. It’s keeping things comfortable…. You wrote this for me !!!!

Black Girl Narrative's avatar

Glad it resonated! 💜

Ibtisam's avatar

Whew thank you for this! Couldn’t have read it at a better time. I have slowly arrived at this realization as well but I think I was grappling with whether or not this was the right understanding but this piece, this! This was my reassurance and confirmation Thank you 🫂💕

Candice E.'s avatar

This was a good read

The Simi Column's avatar

Thank you for articulating this so beautifully ❤️

Chat P's avatar

Staying open was maturity 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Chat P's avatar

Carry without complaint…cuz Good God forbid…we complain…..

Chat P's avatar

Care looks like silence 😮‍💨

Chat P's avatar

Being loved means being flexible….🥹

Ashlee Wisdom's avatar

"Some people lost access to me, not because I was angry, but because nothing shifted when harm was named." This resonates so deeply...and affirms my decision to step away from the church I was raised in.

Black Girl Narrative's avatar

Thank you for sharing! Love and harm honestly show up in so many aspects of our lives, and it’s important to reevaluate them all. 🤎

Sky's avatar

Thisss🥺👏🏽you articulated it perfectly

Marlesia's avatar

This is amazing, thank you for sharing!

TheRyanOneal's avatar

There is so much truth to these words@ Love that only flows in one direction is not love.

It’s endurance.