There's A Version Of You We're Missing
Segun Iwasanmi@iwasanmisegun212159
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Friday “Talk Am As E Be!" — 24/04/2026
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Sometimes I catch myself in small moments. The way I start to say something and then I stop halfway. Or the way I laugh, but not fully, like I’m checking if it’s too much. It’s small, but it’s there. And I know I didn’t used to do that.
There is a version of you that has gone quiet like that.
Is it because it did anything wrong? No, it's not because it needed to change. Just because, somewhere along the line, it felt easier to adjust than to explain yourself. So you reduced things. Your voice, your reactions, your softness. You told yourself you were being mature, being understanding, being the bigger person.
But if you’re honest, you were just becoming smaller.
And the strange thing is, nobody really announced it. There was no clear moment you can point to. It just happened slowly. One adjustment here, one silence there, until a part of you that used to be natural now feels like too much.
Some of the things you dropped, you actually need them back. That softness. That honesty. That way you used to show up without calculating everything first.
I'll like to tell you that no be everything wey leave you suppose go. Some things were just trimmed to make other people comfortable.
And you are allowed to grow again. Take small, steady steps back into yourself. The full version. The one that does not need permission to exist.
See you next Friday… Bye 👋
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