It is exhausting to live as if you must constantly prove that you are smart, strong, or worthy…

It is exhausting to live as if you must constantly prove that you are smart, strong, or worthy enough. Someone will always find even your best insufficient. Grow to build a life that feels true, not to convince everyone watching. Your choices do not require a defense before every passerby. When you stop taking an exam for the whole world, you finally have energy left to live. Your worth is not decided by public vote.