I really hate that you have to go out of character before people can actually hear you.
But by the time they’re hearing you, you’re already on the extreme of your behaviour and now you’re the problem.
When they could have just listened in the first place.
I am no longer afraid of things falling apart. I have seen what happens after the worst of it. The sun still rises, people still laugh, new things still begin, and one day, you find yourself happy about something you once thought you would never recover from.
Some of your battles aren't even about you. They're about your bloodline. You're carrying the weight of things your mother never fought, You're breaking patterns your father passed down. You're standing in the fire of generations that tried to swallow you whole. That's why it feels so heavy. That's why it hurts so bad. Because you were trusted to be the one who ends it. To interrupt the cycle. To draw the line. It's not just a fight, it's a rewrite. Keep going
Tyler Perry’s Doing Life was definitely 10/10. Carousel is a M A N. That’s what women want to see when we say we want a protector and a provider. It’s not always about finances.
Carousel was a protecter, provider and problem solver.. a true man