The Quiet Work of Becoming

Thank you to XM for sending this, a friend who reminds everyone of the subtlety in humility.

There’s a quiet kind of perseverance that never makes noise. It doesn’t post updates or seek applause. It just keeps showing up. Through rumors, silence, and misunderstanding — it keeps going.

People forget how easy it is to believe the loudest voice in the room. They forget how hard it is to speak when the air is thick with assumptions. But the truth doesn’t vanish just because someone else talks louder. It waits — patient, steady — until the moment it can breathe again.

You never really know what someone is carrying. Some battles are fought in private, some victories happen without witnesses. And sometimes, the people you thought were finished were just rebuilding in peace.

So before you decide what’s true, take a pause. Listen beyond the noise. The story might be different from the one you were told.

Because perseverance isn’t about proving anyone wrong — it’s about continuing to exist when they no longer believed you would.