24/06/2025
Tired of Proving You’re Okay? Read This.
So many of us feel the need to look like we have it all together — especially in front of those who were never there when life hurt the most.
We wear strength like a mask, not because we’re okay, but because we think we have to be.
But here’s the truth:
Healing is not a performance. Peace doesn’t need an audience.
Let’s break it down:
You don’t owe anyone a performance.
Especially not those who were absent during your pain. Your healing doesn’t need their validation.
It’s okay to look like you’re healing, not healed.
Real growth is quiet, messy, and deeply personal. You don’t have to wrap it in a bow for others to approve.
Peace often comes in the quiet, not in the applause.
Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is step away from the noise and choose calm — even when no one gets it.
You don’t need closure to move forward.
Letting go doesn’t always come with explanations. Sometimes, peace is simply choosing yourself over answers.
A Heart Check-In for Today:
What truth are you finally giving yourself permission to live by?
Maybe it's that you no longer have to shrink to be accepted.
Maybe it’s choosing rest over hustle.
Or simply knowing you’re enough — even without being “okay” all the time.
Give yourself that permission today.
You are not a project to be fixed or a performance to be watched.
You are a soul in process. And that’s more than enough.
It’s Truth Talk Tuesday from Lora.info247 — light for your day, power for your path.
– Lora.info247
Lorita O. Nnegbe
