03/14/2026
Beloveds…
This one right here?
This one is for the healers.
For the helpers.
For the strong friends.
For the intercessors.
For the ones folks call when life caves in,
when the mask slips,
when the marriage trembles,
when the money gets funny,
when the spirit gets heavy,
when nobody else knows what to say.
This is for the ones
who have become emergency contact energy for everybody else.
Let me say something plainly:
Stop bleeding for people
who only visit you for bandages.
Whew.
Because there are people
who do not love you as a person.
They love you as a resource.
They love your wisdom,
your warmth,
your steadiness,
your ability to calm storms,
your ability to listen without judgment,
your ability to make sense of confusion,
your ability to help them find themselves
without ever requiring them to fully show up for you.
And baby, that is not always love.
Sometimes that is convenience
wearing gratitude like a costume.
Some people know exactly where to find you
when they are cut open by life.
But where are they
when you are the one hemorrhaging?
Where are they
when your spirit is tired?
When your mind is crowded?
When your heart is trying to recover quietly?
When you need gentleness
instead of being the one assigned to generate it?
A lot of people love access to your healing
more than they love your humanity.
And that realization
can break your heart
if you are not careful.
Because healers often make the mistake
of assuming reciprocity
where there is only dependency.
Let me say it another way—
Just because someone needs you
does not mean they know how to love you well.
Just because someone praises your gift
does not mean they honor your limits.
Just because someone says “I appreciate you”
does not mean they have the emotional capacity
to care for you
with the same tenderness
you’ve given them.
Some people are frequent flyers
in your sanctuary
but have never once learned
how to bring oil for the lamp.
They come empty.
They leave full.
And somehow expect your spirit
to keep renewing itself
on fumes.
No more.
This is the season
where your compassion must come with discernment.
This is the season
where you stop confusing being needed
with being cherished.
This is the season
where you ask better questions:
Who checks on me without needing something?
Who can hold space for me
without making my pain about them?
Who honors my no
without punishing me for it?
Who loves me beyond my usefulness?
Who sees the vessel
and not just the pouring?
Because beloved—
you are not a public well
for every thirsty person
who refuses to dig their own.
You are not required
to pour until your own soul cracks.
You are not called
to become spiritually anemic
because other people refuse to heal responsibly.
Yes, you can love deeply.
Yes, you can serve powerfully.
Yes, you can help when led.
But you must also know
when helping becomes hemorrhaging.
You must know
when compassion becomes self-abandonment.
You must know
when generosity becomes open access
to people who have never once
considered the cost of your pouring.
And hear me—
closing the door is not cruelty.
Resting is not rejection.
Discerning is not bitterness.
Choosing yourself is not selfishness.
Sometimes the holiest thing you can do
is stop handing out pieces of yourself
to people committed
to remaining spiritually irresponsible.
So to every healer reading this—
you are allowed to require reciprocity.
You are allowed to protect your energy.
You are allowed to stop answering every siren.
You are allowed to heal in private
without opening the clinic.
Remember Beloveds…
everybody who reaches for your medicine
is not entitled to your blood.
When you show off what God has done within you, make the show up grand.
Protect your peace, trust your path, and pour love forward.