OUR UNIQUE DESIGNS.

Growing up, I fell in love with characters like Cristina Yang—women who were fierce and didn’t wear their hearts on their sleeves as Huwa would say, but I don’t just wear my heart on my sleeve, i wear it on my forehead, like a billboard advertisement.

I love fighters and always dreamed of being a warrior, but I’m not. I’m hardly a tough person. As crazy as it sounds, I admire characters like Hazel Grace Lancaster from The Fault in Our Stars—strong people.

From my experience idolizing really strong, fierce women, I’ve learned that it’s okay to wear my heart on my forehead. While being tough is admirable, I’ve come to understand that I am uniquely built, and nothing is as wonderful as embracing your own design.

God is precise, so it’s no mistake that I’m soft and not like the women I admire. To effectively embody their strength, I must understand my own design, embrace it, and embody strength in my own way.

We’re not meant to copy others because we’re not all the same. My design is different from the next person’s. In trying to mimic someone else exactly, I’d be setting myself up for failure. What we see in others is not the whole story; there are systems, programs, and unique designs that shape the realities we admire and long for.

Dearest reader, being true to yourself is the most powerful thing you can be. We must understand the role of models in our lives. There’s a way to imitate without losing yourself. Rather than becoming someone else, understand their design and the principles that enable them to thrive, and reimagine those principles within your unique design.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.