You need to give yourself more credit.

Yes YOU.

Some of you, today, are doubting what you've done to fight this fight.
Some of you, today, are wishing you'd stepped up sooner. Pushed back harder. Fought more battles.

I'm telling you, you need to give yourself more credit.

You're here.

You didn't get the vaccine.

You stopped wearing the masks.

You told your friends and family what you REALLY think.

You tried to help them see things too.

You might've lost friends.

Some of you lost spouses.

Some of you haven't spoken to your children in far too long.

Some of you haven't spoken to your siblings or parents in far too long.

Not because you chose to, but because they left you.

They thought you'd lost your mind. That you supported a "racist". That you peddled conspiracy theories. That you were endangering their lives.

You've been kicked off platforms.

Some of you have lost your jobs or been pushed so hard you had to find new ones.

Some of you

Yeah, but at this point, I'm okay with all that. Planted the seeds, watered regularly, tended the growth, weeded the withered, just waiting to harvest