It’s strange and beautiful to realise that you can be simultaneously proud of how far you have come and aware that you have barely scratched the surface of who you could become.
When people realize you actually are who you say you are, they’ll work overtime trying to find the crack in it, something to humble you, expose you, or prove you wrong.
Performative people care about perception and their reputation. Authentic people care about TRUTH. And the truth don’t change because you don’t like it.