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It is a beautiful thing to be a First and Only, the one who disrupts deep-rooted generational patterns to become our ancestors’ wildest dreams. And it also comes at a price.
To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balance of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you’re going.
The Trailblazer Toll is the emotional cost of social and economic mobility. It’s the tax we pay to become the proverbial bridge.
How common it is that those who smash through glass ceilings are then left to clean up the shards on their own.
Because I believe that by revealing our wounds to one another, we are all a little more free and a little less alone. And because the first step on any emotional journey is to own the truth. To reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in order to survive.
Wouldn’t any person—no matter how self-assured they are—experience legitimate feelings of estrangement in the same situation, when confronted by social systems that disadvantage them and favor the privileged and connected individuals who control them?
Vulnerability can transform emotional pain into connection.
