They talk. They whisper. They judge. They point fingers from behind screens, behind smiles that do not reach their eyes, behind lives that have not moved an inch since the last time they spoke badly of someone. And yet, look at me. Still standing. Still shining. Still unbothered. Because I know something they do not, the people who speak badly of me are not, and will never be, the best example of anything.
There is peace in that truth, a peace that does not need defending. I used to take it personally. I used to let their noise scratch at my spirit.
Now?
I just let them talk. Because when you realise that gossipers have nothing real to offer, you stop expecting depth from shallow souls.
They sit in corners dissecting lives they could never live. They will call it “concern,” they will mask it as “opinion,” but what it really is, is just envy wearing politeness as perfume. Their words? Expired. Their relevance? Borrowed. Their insight?
Non-existent.
And I have learned that people who have not healed will always try to project their chaos onto those who did. I do not need to clap back, my peace claps loud enough. I do not need to defend myself, my growth speaks fluently. I do not need validation. I already outgrew their circle the moment I started thinking higher than hate.
See, it is easy to speak badly of someone doing better. It is easy to throw shade when you are standing in the dark. But here is what they never expected, I would learn to turn their noise into background music. They talk, I level up. They mock, I manifest. They gossip, I grow.
So let them keep my name alive, it is free PR from people who could not build their own legacy if they tried. Their opinions do not shake me, they remind me how powerful I have become.
Because when the dust settles, people remember the truth. And the truth is, I moved with grace while they moved with gossip. I built while they babbled. I healed while they hated.
The ones who speak the loudest about me are still trying to become half the person I already outgrew in silence.
