BECOMING REAL AGAIN Maybe life isn't about chasing the next version of yourself. Maybe it's about peeling back the layers that were never truly yours to begin with the expectations, the doubts, the noise. Perhaps the greatest growth happens when you stop trying to become more and start remembering who you were before the world told you who to be. Let go of the masks that hide your softness. Release the stories that make you feel not enough. Strip away the pretending and come home to the quiet truth of who you are. You don't need to sparkle for approval. You only need to stand in your own light whole, unfiltered, and real.