Let me tell you something that might just unclench that worry you have been carrying around in your jaw, shoulders, and spirit: you are already enough. Paid in full. No additional payments required. No monthly subscription. No “free trial” that expires right when you start believing in yourself.
Paid. In. Full.
But here you are — showing up like you owe somebody something.
You keep treating your worth like it is on a layaway plan: “Let me improve a little more… let me accomplish more… let me shrink myself… let me make everybody happy… then maybe I can believe I’m enough.”
Friend, who told you that mess? And why did you believe them over the truth you already knew?
Your worth is not something you earn — it is something you accept.
And oh, the freedom that comes when you stop negotiating with your own value.
You Do Not Need an Invoice to Validate Your Identity
You keep waiting on people to see you, affirm you, clap for you, or write a glowing Yelp review about your existence. Well, listen — if you keep outsourcing your validation, you will spend your whole life waiting on a payment that is never coming.
People often fail to pay their electricity bills on time. What makes you think they are going to pay for your emotional one?
Stop giving people overdue notices. Stop reminding folks why you are worthy, loyal, brilliant, loving, gifted, or resilient. Anyone who cannot see your value is spiritually nearsighted — and that is not your problem to fix.
Paid in Full Means No Refunds
Don’t you dare return yourself to the spiritual customer service counter because someone mishandled you. You are not defective. They were simply not equipped.
Paid in full means:
- You do not shrink to be digested.
- You do not dim to make others comfortable.
- You do not contort your standards for people who have none.
- You do not apologize for the space you take up.
Your identity is not a clearance item.
Stop Trying to Earn What Is Already Yours
You were born with:
- Purpose
- Power
- Belief
- Beauty
- Brilliance
- Enoughness
But you keep acting like you have to work for these things, like they are part of some cosmic rewards program. Friend, you cannot earn what was already declared over your life before you ever took your first breath.
God stamped you “Approved.”
Heaven whispered “Worthy.”
Purpose marked you “Reserved Seating.”
There is nothing left to earn, just something left to walk in.
So What Now?

Now you rise — not timidly, not with permission slips, not with disclaimers. Walk in the room like the woman God already said you were. Move with the confidence of someone whose bill is already taken care of. If anybody has the nerve to question your strength, identity, or purpose, smile sweetly and say: “No payment required. It has already been handled.”
Coach Erika
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