More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

by Elaine Welteroth

Yet these messages were subtle but powerful reminders of a racist past that still has not been fully dismantled—and of a dominant American narrative in which our stories are primarily told through the White gaze.

when the world tells you to shrink, expand.

When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.

“You are so much bigger than you even know.”

This was a reminder that there is a divine order, a divine flow to our lives. We don’t need to have all the answers. But our job is to keep on dreaming and trusting enough to put one foot in front of the other. To keep moving forward. To keep pushing beyond whatever feels confining. To keep searching for where the magic is.

Discovering what you don’t want is just as important as finding out what you do.

“If you know what you want, ask for it. And be specific. You might just get it.”

“Falling down is inevitable. It’s the getting back up that’s on you.”

trust my instincts, to let life guide me, and to never stay anywhere doing the same things longer than I was supposed to.