09/23/2026
🎥 JOURNEY TO WHOLENESS
“But How Do You Feel?”
You know what’s interesting about this Journey to Wholeness?
Running into people I haven’t seen in a while.
They look at me and say…
“Girl, you look AMAZING!”
“You look so good!”
“I can really see the difference!”
And then comes the question that always seems to follow:
“How do you feel? You’ve got to feel so much better!”
And I smile.
I say, “I feel great!”
And in many ways, I do.
I’ve regained mobility I once thought I would never have again.
I can do things today that I couldn’t do years ago.
I have a new lease on life.
I’m stronger.
I’m freer.
I’m walking in a confidence and freedom that didn’t always exist.
But can I be honest with you?
Some days, I’m not great.
Some days, I’m tired.
And today?
Today I’m tired.
My legs are heavy.
They’re swollen.
I’m retaining fluid.
And did I mention I’m aching from head to toe?
There are days when chronic inflammation reminds me that this journey is about so much more than what the scale says or what the mirror reflects.
So while someone is looking at me saying,
“Wow! You look so good!”
There can be a whole different conversation happening inside of me.
“I’m tired.”
“My legs hurt.”
“My body is aching.”
“I don't feel my best today.”
And sometimes, I'm smiling while silently crying.
Not because I’m ungrateful.
Not because I don’t recognize the progress.
But because progress doesn't mean there is never pain.
Healing isn't always a straight line.
Wholeness isn't always going to feel good.
And sometimes the greatest testimony isn't that you never have hard days.
It’s that you keep going on the hard days.
There are silent dis-eases that people are courageously smiling through every single day.
You may look at someone and see the weight they've lost.
They may be carrying pain you know nothing about.
You may see the smile.
You may see the transformation.
You may see the victory.
But you may never know the depth of the battle they had to fight to get there.
So today, I want to remind somebody:
Be gentle with people.
Everybody who says, “I'm good,” may have a story behi
