That the village girl in me would disappear under all the noise and the concrete and the "you have to be someone important" mentality. But the longer I live here, the more I understand that my real power isn't in becoming something different. It's in staying the same 🤍

Beauty isn't trending. Beauty isn't about filters or being seen by thousands of people. Beauty is my neighbor's face when someone actually listens to her problems. Beauty is the kid at the corner store who smiles because I remembered his name. Beauty is showing up for people, over and over, without needing anything in return 🌾

I think what saves me in this city is remembering that I don't have to compete here. I can just... be kind. I can just notice people. I can just help. And somehow, that makes me feel more myself than anything else I've ever tried to be 💫

The village taught me that real wealth is people who know your name. Not followers. Not likes. People. And I'm going to spend my whole life building that kind of wealth, no matter where I live 🏡

What if we all decided that being needed by the people around us was enough?