Wielding my slingshot

This isn't just about the workplace, it's about every room where women have felt the need to compete instead of connect.

I was sitting , writing a blog post, when a name rose in my spirit like a whisper from the depths of my soul. Goliath

I froze. Not because I didn't understand it, but because I did- instantly.

Goliath wasn't a man this time. Goliath was a system. Goliath was fear. Goliath looked like two women who wielded their authority like swords, cutting instead of connecting. And it hurt. Not just because I feel dismissed, unheard or pushed down, but because they are women. Women, like me.

And yet. here we are, in opposition. Not because I chose war, but because I chose truth. Not because I challenged their humanity, but because I stood in mine. I realized the deepest cuts come from familiar hands

I've faced Goliath before. In systems. In churches. In family. In my mother. My mother led our home unhealed and with fear. We were afraid to speak, to cry, to question. Her control was constant, and her anger was loud. I now see how that fear has passed itself down into the hands of there woman who lead from unhealed places.

Control is not power. Silencing is not leadership. Dismissiveness is not discernment. But too many women after generations of being silenced, now believe that the only way to be heard is to be loud. The only way to lead is to be feared. The only way to be respected is to never be questioned. And so they become the very Goliaths they were once running from.

But I refuse to pick up that sword.

When I realized I was standing before a Goliath, I didn't feel rage. I felt heartbreak. Because I don't want to fight women. I want to ignite women. I want to walk into rooms and build tables together. Not tear down chairs from each other. So I made a choice. If I must pick up a weapon it will be the slingshot. I will not fill it with stones of bitterness. I will not aim it with rage. I will sling it in love.

Love. Compassion. Clarity. Sovereignty.

I sling it with the confidence of who I AM. I sling it with Empress energy. With intuition and grace. With the quiet power of a woman who knows she has nothing to prove because there is no competition-only collaboration

If you have ever looked at another woman and felt like you had to compete....If you ever felt invisible next to her beauty, her eloquence, her platform...If you've ever shrunk in the face of someone else's light, please know this: You were never meant to compete. We were not created to conquer one another . We were created to complete one another. This isn't just about the workplace. This is about friendships. Religious spaces. Families. This is about the conversations have when we feel threatened instead of inspired.

To every woman who's ever felt like she had to raise her voice to be respected. To every woman who has been told to sit down or be small. I see you. But I will not fight you. I will hold the mirror up until you see your softness is not weakness. I will reflect back your power until you no longer need to wield it as a weapon. I will speak with compassion until you remember your own. I do not need to tear you down to rise. And if you try to tear me down, I'll still rise.

Not in spite but enthroned in love.