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The Brave Faced Woman




          She looks stunting from head to toe. Everyone in and out of her circle
          respects  her  confidence,  boldness,  strength,  and  all  her  accomplish-
          ments. Looks can be so deceiving.  No one really knows what stares
          back at this woman daily as she exams her natural beauty in the mir-
          ror. She is  fighting  a battle that’s private  yet  so painful.   Her mind
          clouded with thoughts: “what will they say?” “what will they think?”
          and  “how  will  my  image  be  affected?”    She  is  dealing  with  over-
          whelming depression, anxiety, feelings of unworthiness,  thoughts  of
          her failures, thoughts of suicide, and battling the thoughts of no one
          can know this about me. This brave faced woman has allowed being a
          “Shero” to others blind her thought process. Isn’t it amazing how we
          will take care of everyone else but neglect ourselves; knowing we are
          struggling at an unhealthy capacity? If we are honest, most of us have
          walked in these shoes at some point and time in our lives.  Most of us
          suffered in silence because we do not want to hear, “ pray again, you
          must be doing something wrong”, “you just weak”, “go to church and
          let the pastor pray those demons off you.”

          I’m  unapologetic  when  I  say  run  from  people  who  are  uninformed,
          misinformed, and demonize your mental health. Remember we must
          take care of our temple (1Corinthians 6: 19-20) and that’s mind, body,
          and soul.

          If  our  minds  are  unhealthy,  our  whole  body  becomes  a  shipwreck.
          When we shipwrecked, we sink into despair.

          It’s okay not to be okay.  Just remember it’s so many resources out
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