Justina Raphael

True service isn’t about applause
It’s about showing up with purpose even when no one is watching.

Some of the brightest lights shine behind the scenes.
Not every call puts you on stage — sometimes it’s places where your presence can illuminate others quietly.

Serve anyway.
Love anyway.
Shine anyway.

Cause real impact is often made when no one is in sight.

Is motive now unseen even when it should be ?

I heard someone ask this on Tuesday
2:17 AM
With Ceiling fan spinning like thoughts
Rent is due
mates are posting wins.
“I say I’m fine while tears roll down my chins
Why’s my life like this?
Like I missed the memo everyone else got
Like I’m running a race on barefoot that’s hot
while they’ve got sneakers and shortcut”
Hmmmm
I heard why your life is “like this” and I get it
But Maybe your life is “like this” because pain is gain
Because the deepest well Is dug in the driest land
Because the ones who survive “like this”
become the ones who carry others to bliss

So if tonight your life is “like this”
Bleed.
Curse.
Cry.
But Then sit up
And then stand up
cause “like this” is not your final form
It’s your furnace
And gold doesn’t apologize for the fire

Your inner instructions are worth it, make it count 💭