Let Them!

Let Them!

Have you noticed how loud the voices can get?
Not the ones that hold us with care.
The others—the sideline voices.
The ones that sit in judgement masked as concern, yet still take up far too much space in our minds.

We find ourselves bending, explaining, overthinking—trying to be understood, to be liked, to keep the peace.

It’s exhausting.

Then enters two simple words:
Let them.

Let them misunderstand.
Let them judge.
Let them choose differently.

Not out of anger.

Not because we don’t care.

But because we’re learning not to hand our worth to those who were never meant to hold it.

Some gentle questions I’m asking lately:

• What if I stopped chasing approval that costs me my clarity?

• Who am I giving energy to, and why?

• What would change if I simply… let them?

A few phrases that help me re-centre:

• That’s not mine to carry.

• I don’t need to prove myself to people not in the arena.

• Let them. I’ll stay true.

Leadership begins here: in how we lead ourselves.
With steadiness.
With respect.
With enough space to grow, instead of shrink.

Let them.
And keep showing up—dusty, real, and ready.

Go gently,
Mary-Anne