Bibian Norai • Validated & Direct

That is the kind of strength I am trying to reclaim.

Bibian P.S. What is one way you are choosing softness this week? Tell me in the comments. I read every single one when I’m nursing the little one at 3 AM.

There is this unspoken pressure to be hard. To be tough. To have skin like leather and a heart that doesn’t flinch. bibian norai

Lately, my faith has been pulling me back to this. The verse that keeps echoing in my chest is "Blessed are the meek." Not the powerful. Not the aggressive. The meek.

But what if the real strength is the opposite? That is the kind of strength I am trying to reclaim

October 26, 2023

Let’s be soft together. It’s the bravest thing we’ll ever do. Tell me in the comments

You don't have to be a storm to be remembered. You can be the rain. Gentle. Needed. Life-giving.

So here is my rebellion for this season: I am going to stop apologizing for my sensitivity. I am going to stop treating my gentleness like a flaw to be edited out. I am going to hold space for the sad days instead of Instagram-filtering them into happiness.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, sitting here with my coffee getting cold for the third time this morning (baby brain is real, momma). We live in a world that tells us that to survive, we have to build walls. That to be respected, we have to be loud. That to win, we have to be ruthless.