Do not be fooled, within you is a force.
Most people may not really know the depth of you.
Like finding a fabulous agate along a dirt roadđź’•.
When uncovered, you shine!!
That’s the thing though, you often hide under smallness,
Baggy clothes, low shoulders, chin down, eyes up watching.
Shrinking yourself to make others big.
Perhaps you have learned to hide in some way or another.
For what were once, really good reasons.
Maybe we all have learned this:
To adjust.
To cut off parts of ourselves.
To sit down and be quiet and don’t think too highly of ourselves.
Because someone, somewhere said or did something that led us to believe
Those parts were not good, not right, not safe.
But the truth is, within you is a lioness!
Brilliant, deep, wise, and bold!
Smart, strong and beautiful!
Creative, innovative, and irreplaceable!
And it is time to come out of hiding.
So, if you want to be small, you can be small.
And if you want to pay attention to what
Everyone else might need or think, you can do that too.
But do it because you choose it and not because you must.
Do it with the humility that comes from strength and confidence.
Because within you, is something powerful and amazing!
A magnificence to behold!
You are not small, and you are not to be dismissed!
You have things to say, and make, and create.
You have purpose, and it is good!
You are good!
So don’t let anyone make you feel small,
Don’t let others take up all your space,
Don’t let them take your words,
Or your voice or position or confidence!
Don’t let them make you feel bad about
Who you are or what you have been through Or for being successful.
Because you are fierce, and you are significant!
You are not to be dismissed.
Rather you are a lioness, a warrior.
A presence that enters the room
And cannot be ignored!
You have strength and courage and tenacity and integrity.
And all these beautiful threads that make up the fabric of who you are!
If you stay small, most will never really know
How great you are.
But even worse, if you stay small,
You will never know how great you are!
So, come out of hiding.
Stand up and take your place.
You are absolutely amazing at being you!
I see you and believe in you and admire you.
So, rise up little lion, rise up as the bold, beautiful, intelligent woman that you are,
and don’t let anyone look down on you or make you feel small.
You are fierce!