Florence Given

Yeah?

You have the right to be every annoying little thing that you are.

Lean into it.

Allow it to take up space.

I have got through it all and I'll be getting through it the rest of my fucking life because this is the journey that my soul signed up for.

I know it.

I know that my soul signed up for this experience in this body.

to just relentlessly be myself and only be myself and break through all the hurdles that stop me from being myself, alchemize it, become more empowered, turn it into art, write about it, share that around the world for other people to alchemize their shame.

I want to be this like shame magician, just like gone, poof, it's gone, the shame is gone.

You're allowed to be everything that you fucking are.

Express yourself, express your opinions, express your art.

If you're creating something right now and you're wondering, oh God, is this going to end up in some fucking group chat?

Am I going to be canceled for doing this?

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Do it.

Put it out there.

You will survive it.

You probably won't experience anything, but if you do, you will survive it.

And it's a badge of fucking honor.

Surviving a little, shaming, it's a badge of honor.