Episode 4: Saying Yes Without Guilt
Desire has long been mistaken for selfishness. For years, the mere act of wanting something for the self without needing to justify it through usefulness, sacrifice, or consensus was quietly labeled as indulgence. But over time, the hunger for alignment begins to drown out the noise of guilt, and a different kind of yes starts to rise, one offered from a place that remembers what it feels like to be fully alive.
This yes is rooted in truth. Sometimes
it’s a whisper in the gut, the realization that the life being lived is not the
life being longed for, and something somewhere must give way before it erodes
everything else.
This yes is a quiet reclamation of
selfhood, a moment where one’s own breath is no longer postponed, or a hand on
the chest that says, I belong to this body, this time, this life, and this
moment is mine to shape. It doesn’t push others away to make space. It simply
stops pushing the self aside. It doesn’t burn bridges for the sake of fire. It
builds boundaries for the sake of peace. There’s a real, tender power in saying
yes to what lights something inside, even if that yes is inconvenient,
disruptive, or misunderstood by those who benefitted from your silence.
This yes is about expanding the
definition of it because true responsibility includes the self as a foundation.
It’s the yes that stretches toward nourishment, the one that chooses aliveness
over duty when the two are in conflict. It’s the yes that says, “I will not
trade my inner light for anyone else’s expectations,” not anymore.
Yes becomes a bridge between longing
and direction. It becomes a breath of relief after years of holding back. It
becomes the moment the internal compass is trusted again. It becomes the voice
that no longer waits for permission to speak, and in time, that yes starts
showing up with strength. It stops explaining itself. It stops fitting into old
scripts. It begins standing taller, walking steadier, and moving freer.
This is reclamation. It’s the bravery
of honoring the internal tug that says, "Something more honest is possible
here," and the more this yes is practiced, the more it becomes a
language the soul understands. A yes to joy, a yes to rest, a yes to wholeness,
and a yes to what doesn’t require sacrifice to feel worthy, because yes, in its
truest form, is not selfish. It is the beginning of trust. It is the seed of a
new life rooted in truth, and it is how that life finally begins to take shape
inward first, then outward, and then all around.
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