I don’t need to react to be protected
Today, I choose wisdom over urgency
and presence over defense.
I release the need to explain myself,
prove myself, or hold everything together.
I remember that divine guidance is not loud—
it is steady, calm, and already within me.
The same knowing that speaks through signs,
through quiet nudges,
through the gentle pull of truth
lives in my breath and my body.
I honor the wisdom earned through survival,
through endurance, through becoming.
I no longer confuse control with discernment
or anxiety with intuition.
I trust myself enough to pause.
I trust Spirit enough to lead.
Today, I allow wisdom to settle me.
I respond from alignment, not reaction.
I move forward confident, grounded, and guided,
knowing I am already held.
Love and light to all… and so it is.
— Rev. Angela July, Still I Rise Ministries