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You figure out
What you need
You deserve it
-安天美
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Have you noticed how the most important realisations come to us in moments of stillness? "You figure out" speaks to that beautiful moment when external advice falls away and you hear your own voice clearly. It's like when you suddenly know the right path without being able to explain why. Not the voice of doubt that keeps you up at night, but that steady inner compass that's been quietly guiding you all along.
In this gentle space of self-trust, "what you need" carries the weight of distinction between want and necessity. It's fascinating how we often mistake wants for needs, isn't it? Like buying new shoes when what we're really craving is the confidence to walk away from something that's no longer serving us. This is an invitation to examine our truest requirements for growth, joy, and fulfillment – to honor the difference between what we've been taught to want and what our spirit requires to flourish. I think of times I've sat with a friend who thought they needed answers, when what they really needed was someone to witness their journey without trying to fix anything.
From this place of clarity emerges perhaps the most revolutionary whisper we can offer ourselves: "you deserve it." Not as mere permission, but as a remembering that our worthiness isn't earned through service or sacrifice. Our right to thrive exists simply because we exist. Like breathing – we don't earn the right to our next breath, it simply belongs to us. Consider how often we negotiate with ourselves about joy, as if happiness were a limited resource we need to ration.
What moves me most about these words is how they flow together like a gentle stream finding its way home. There's something powerful about the sequence – first the trust in your own knowing, then the clarity about what matters, and finally the permission to claim it. It's not about becoming someone new, but rather about remembering who you've been all along.
It's interesting how often we look for complex solutions when the truth is usually simpler than we imagine. Not easier, perhaps, but simpler. Sometimes all we need is someone to remind us that we already know the way back to ourselves.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/backward_blue.svg" alt="/icons/backward_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Joy of Connection
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