Impostor Syndrome
Poem: You watch the others rise, then measure what you lack, forgetting every step you took when you kept coming back.
Impostor Syndrome
What IIF the strength you see
in others standing tall,
is something waiting within you,
behind a stubborn wall.
What if that voice in you
that says you don’t belong,
is only fear repeating words
from some old borrowed song.
You watch the others rise,
then measure what you lack,
forgetting every step you took
when you kept coming back.
The proof is in your work,
in all the things you do,
each time you try, you build the strength
that lives inside of you.
So start before you feel
like you have earned your place,
let action teach your doubting heart
to stand and claim its space.
By: Heather Patton / Verdant Butterfly
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i am impressed with your writing 🐾
Concise, empowering, and tackles a common mental hurdle with actionable wisdom :) Nice one!