Finding Strength in the Storm: Embrace the Shift

Since I started sharing my story, I’ve heard “Ife, you’re so strong” more times than I can count. But if my pillow could talk, whew, you’d have another opinion! 😭💀

Listen, there are days when all I did (and sometimes still do) is cry and GROAN. And girllll, groaning isn’t just an ugly cry—it’s that deep, chest-tightening, soul-level weeping that words can’t even handle. 😩 If you know me, you know I’m an emotional cutie—like, I will legit cry if I see someone hungry on the street. So imagine me going through the worst heartbreak of my life… yeah, it was HARD AS—well, you get the point.

But people keep asking: “Ife, how do you stay strong?”

And let me tell you the truth… I’M NOT STRONG! At all. Nada. Zero. My strength expired in 2023. 😵‍💫 It ran out so bad that I was literally suicidal. Some days, the only reason I got out of bed was because I had a tiny human to take care of.

So when the Bible says “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”—baybeee, I SPRINT. 🏃🏾‍♀️💨 Because the way I am BROKEN?! I might as well be competing with the sand on the seashore.

But here’s the game-changer:
I shift my pain onto the One who can actually handle it—God.

I don’t know your story, but I DO know this: you can’t carry your pain alone. You have to pass it on. It might not feel like God is there, but look at me—I’m proof that He is.

Before typing this, I was literally crying my eyes out. Not because something happened, but because I felt tired, weak, lonely. And then God hit me with this:

“Shift that weight, Ife. You will crash if you don’t.”

So sis, I’m here to tell you: SHIFT. THAT. WEIGHT. God is saying to you: “Let go and let ME take over.” Let go of the depression. Let go of the betrayal. Let go of the past. Embrace the new.

✨ Embrace joy.
✨ Embrace peace.
✨ Embrace new adventures.
✨ Live authentically.

And yes, some days will try to drag you back. But babyyyy, KEEP LOOKING FORWARD. That’s the only way to heal and thrive.

Lmaooo, as I’m typing this, my brain is like “Sis, take your own advice.” 😂 So okay, I’m talking to both of us:

KEEP LOOKING FORWARD. IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER, OKAYYYY?! ❤️🔥

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XOXO,

Ife