Unwritten Reflection: The Exit is Yours

I took a pause during the sacred holiday.
Some things don’t need to be said.
They just need to be held—
with sacred silence.

And as we move forward,
I don’t have anything profound to say—
except maybe this:

Life pulls.
Sometimes against everything you planned.
Sometimes back toward something you thought you left behind.

I’ve been walking a path I keep circling back to—
not because I’m stuck,
but because something there is meant to carry me forward.

Maybe that’s where you are too.

And if you are—
don’t let anyone’s voice be louder than your own.
Not the voice of pressure.
Not the voice of guilt.
Not the one that says “you should.”

If you find yourself on a path that doesn’t feel like yours—
who says you can’t get off at the next exit?

You don’t have to stay just because you started.
And you don’t have to keep going just because someone else said you should.

Listen for the voice that’s calling from inside you.
The one that’s always been there.
The one that’s never led you wrong.
The one that still knows.

Yours.

—Angela
the voice beneath Daughter, Unwritten.
My story will never fully be written.