I no longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up.
Can I get an AAAAAMMMMEEENNNNN?!?!⠀
I used to think that in order to belong I had to sit at that kinda table. ⠀
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I used to think that this is “just how women are.” ⠀
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I used to think that I just didn’t belong, that I wasn’t enough.⠀
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DUDE, let me drop another mic with a little Brene Brown talk…⠀
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“Our worth cannot be determined nor negotiated by other people.”⠀
So if you’re sitting at the table where the topic of conversation is someone else’s shortcomings, mistakes, imperfections flaws, or lawd the he-said-she-said gossip…⠀
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I assure you that when you leave your seat, you’re likely the next topic of conversation.
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GIRL, GET A NEW TABLE. ⠀
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WITH BOLDNESS I share this:
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FIND A NEW SEAT at a table of women who straight up ARSENIO HALL-style root for their people to win. ⠀
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FIND A NEW SEAT at the table with all the other not-quites and all the other never-get-it-rights…
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FIND A NEW SEAT where confidence is served like cake, LAUGHTER is a side dish and conversation that raises the bar is the main course…and there is absolutely no room left on the plate to speak ill of others. ⠀
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It’s true this kinda table may be rare, but I assure you there is always an open chair.⠀
