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Love · Card 18

Belonging

Fitting without shrinking

You don't earn belonging by shrinking. The right places fit the real you.

You don't earn belonging by shrinking — that only teaches places to love a smaller version of you. The right people and the right rooms fit the real thing. Fitting in is a performance; belonging is a fact.

Reflect

Where do you shrink to fit — and is it worth it?

One small step

Show up somewhere today as fully yourself.

Journal

Describe a room where you shrink to fit. What would showing up fully look like?

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