Maybe You’re Not Hiding. Maybe You’re Just Becoming Real.

Let me ask you something:

Are you really inconsistent or are you just integrating

Are you really hiding or are you becoming more honest than ever before?

Because some of us don’t lead the way we were told we should.
We’re not always loud.
We’re not constantly visible.
We don’t perform every day.

And we’ve been made to feel like something’s wrong with that.
Like if we’re not producing content, talking constantly, showing up online we’ve fallen behind.

But I’ve come to realise something that might be true for you, too:

Maybe you’re not behind.
Maybe you’re not broken.

Maybe you’re just becoming real.

When I was younger, I didn’t speak much.
Not because I had nothing to say but because silence felt natural. Necessary.
Still, people assumed I wasn’t okay.
And that made it harder to speak when I finally wanted to. Because I’d already been misread.
I carried that. And maybe you have too.

We live in a world that’s allergic to quiet.
Where performance equals presence.
Where visibility is confused with value.
Where stillness is mistaken for irrelevance.

But those of us who lead from the inside
Who feel deeply, reflect deeply, integrate before we express
We know something different.

We’re not avoiding life.
We’re just not performing it.

Let’s be clear:
You can love people, hold space, show up with fire and still crave long, quiet hours alone.
You can disappear for a season and still be devoted to the work.
You can lie on a hotel bed, thinking, integrating, building and be doing more than most people who are constantly online.

And when you do speak, people will feel it not because it’s loud,
but because it’s real.

So no you're not hiding.
You're integrating.
You’re building something rooted.
And when it’s time to speak, you won’t have to perform your truth.
You’ll just tell it.

And the ones who need to hear it will.

Randolph