🪷 Taking Up Space Without Apology: A Soft Return to Your Fullness
Taking up space without apology can feel unfamiliar at first.
To begin with, you were taught to shrink.
You learned to stay agreeable—
quiet, gentle, and easy to be around.
Eventually, that meant staying small enough for others to feel comfortable.
Even so, you were never meant to disappear.
In fact, you are not too much.
You are not a burden.
More importantly, And you hold the right to exist—
fully,
softly,
entirely.
And this world doesn’t need more silence.
This world needs your voice.
Your presence matters too.
And your story has a place here.
Still, today, take up space—
not with force,
but with truth.
In truth, you don’t have to earn the right to be here.
You already belong.
So now, you are taking up space without apology—gently, and on purpose.
Why Taking Up Space Still Heals
Many of us learned that being “less” was safer.
We dimmed ourselves to avoid discomfort.
However, healing asks for return, not reduction.
It asks you to grow back into your full shape.
So ask quietly:
Where in my life have I been shrinking to be accepted?
What part of me is ready to expand, without apology?
In the end, even asking is a form of taking up space.
From there, let that be the beginning.
Try This Today
Say gently to yourself:
“I don’t need to be smaller to be safe.
I am allowed to take up space.”
Write it down.
Then, place it where your body can see it often.
After all, your presence was never too much.
One Last Thought
Ultimately, you’re not here to be quiet enough
for others to stay comfortable.
You’re here to be whole.
And that truth is more than enough.
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📖 This is Day 19 of the 30-day journal: The Gentle Work.
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