Mercikuzy Raphael

Product Designer // IT project manager

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Don’t mistake distance for a lack of love. Sometimes it’s the result of giving too much for too long. Healing begins the moment you stop chasing what never chose you. 🤍

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

I am silently falling apart,
no one notices, no one check in with me.
But somehow, I am still the one they say doesn’t reach out.❣️

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Something life is teaching me right now is that doing the right thing doesn’t always feel right. Sometimes the choices that protect your future will break your heart in the present.
But I’m learning to sit with it and to trust that this pain has a purpose. It’s just a season

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

So when you tell me you love me, I hesitate… because I wonder if you’ll embrace all that I am, or if you’ll step back the moment it becomes real, uncomfortable, or too much to hold.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

You say you love the raw, messy parts of life the rain, the heat, the wild wind but when they come close, you retreat, you protect yourself, you pull away.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

I value the kind of friendships that don’t just exist, but gently push me to grow, softer in heart & sharper in mind. The friends whose presence leaves better than they found me. There’s something powerful being around souls who pour into you in ways that inspire real change.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

You can’t expect to build real, meaningful connections if you’re not bringing anything valuable to the table. Without substance like ideas, skills, or insight interactions stay surface level, and the most you’ll get is brief attention, not genuine opportunities or relationships.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Let it be known: I show up with everything I have, every time!. Even when it’s hard, even when it feels unseen, I keep going. I hold onto the quiet belief that none of this effort is wasted. That somehow, in ways I can’t yet see, it will all come together and mean something.✍️❤️

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

I have figured out how to use credit card without letting it use me 😂.
I spend on it freely, lower the balance before it’s reported, then clear it completely after.

No interest paid 🤝
just rewards stacking up ✍️

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Men, Sometimes it’s not about control
it’s about a woman caring enough to push you in the right direction.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

posts something on social media then
instantly regrets having a digital presence and my anxiety taps me

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Growth doesn’t always feel loud.
Sometimes it’s just realizing
you are not who you used to be anymore.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

The weight of being an orphan is watching yourself struggling the days you need comforting words. Even if its just to say Mummy or Daddy, I am not fine💔 and just hear them comforting you❤️‍🩹

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

I saw a post and the person wrote:

Everyone wants to be part of a village, but it takes a villager to be part of a village. 📌

So I say: Find your Village (your people in acceptance)💯

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

I now understand @Symply_Tacha now, even if na me I go like celebrate my 25th birthday every year. Because why not!!! 🥹😩😪

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

Happy Men’s Day!!

To the men learning softness again, may today feel like a gentle sunrise inside your chest.

@intl_mens_day

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

3. All I want this Christmas is a calm mind, warm people, and a life that doesn’t drain me. I am manifesting gentleness for 2026.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

2. Christmas feels different this year. I am asking God for softness, not stuff. Healing, not hype. A heart that feels held again.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

1. This Christmas, I want peace that actually stays. The kind that follows me into January, not just the holiday lights.

[Mercikuzy Raphael @MercikuzyR]

As we go into the festive season of the year 2025. Here is all I want to say.