Athaiah Deshawn

If your future self could send you one sentence, what do you hope it would say?

“You didn’t give up, and everything you were building was worth it.”

I think that’s what I’d want to hear.

I’d want to know that the late nights, the ideas, the writing, the risks, the moments when I questioned myself, and all the times I wondered if I was really on the right path were worth it.

I’d want my future self to remind me that I kept going even when I couldn’t see the finished picture.

That the dreams I was working toward became something real.

And most importantly, that I didn’t spend my life waiting for the right time to live it.

I hope my future self can look back at the woman I am today and say, “I’m proud of you. You kept going.”