The Parts I Used to Hide Now Lead Me
I don’t hide anymore.
Not the tears that rise too fast.
Not the truth that comes out sharper than expected.
Not the part of me that knows things before the facts arrive.
Not the quiet.
Not the rage.
Not the magic.
There was a time I tucked those pieces away.
Smoothed them out. Softened the edges.
Tried to be easier to digest, safer to love.
But I’ve stopped sacrificing wholeness to be palatable.
Because here’s what I know now:
What I used to hide is where my guidance lives.
What I used to shrink is where my soul breathes.
The tears are sacred.
The rage is alchemy.
The silence is holy.
The softness is strategy.
The magic isn’t extra—it’s the point.
Now I let the parts I hid lead me.
I let them walk into the room first.
I let them speak before I translate.
I let them guide my business, my boundaries, my relationships, my rest.
I let them choose who stays and who falls away.
And guess what?
They’re better leaders than any mask I ever wore.
So if you're still hiding—
still shrinking the parts of you that feel too risky,
too tender, too strange, too powerful—
Please know this:
Those are the parts that know the way home.
Start listening to the version of you that doesn’t want to perform anymore.
Start giving voice to the part that doesn’t need approval to breathe.
Start honoring the part that isn’t trying to be liked—just real.
The pieces you’ve tucked away?
They are not shameful.
They are not wrong.
They are you.
And they’re done waiting.
Let them lead.
—
Dee
(In your corner, always.)