You were never meant to shrink yourself to make others comfortable. Stop apologizing for existing fully. You spent so long making yourself small that you started to believe small was all you were. You edited your personality in rooms where you should have been celebrated. You swallowed your needs to avoid being called too much. You dimmed yourself down for people who were never worthy of your light in the first place. But that ends here. You are allowed to be exactly who you are — unfiltered, unbothered, and unapologetic.
You were never meant to shrink yourself to make others comfortable.
– Jacqueline Whitney
Every part of you that you’ve been hiding deserves to be seen. Every need you’ve been suppressing deserves to be met. Every boundary you’ve been afraid to set deserves to be honored. You are not too much. You have simply been around people who were not enough.
What God Wants You To Stop Apologizing For:
- having needs
- taking up space
- setting boundaries
- saying no
- choosing yourself
- outgrowing people
- wanting more
- resting
- being honest
- changing your mind
- asking for help
- prioritizing your peace
- having standards
- being human
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
