Vitória Carvalho

In fact, radical changes in life can often be surprising in how liberating they can feel. Suddenly you find out that your desperate circumstances are a kind of gift. You would never have taken those new steps if you had had the option of keeping up your safe boundaries. It can be exhilarating to find out that you can still function, that life goes

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Every word I write is a step closer to the truth, a breadcrumb on the trail back to the self I’ve always been, but never fully allowed to become. Writing, I have learned, is not just an act of creation. It is an act of becoming .

And I confess, it is deeply freeing to finally embrace your purpose, even when it feels like stepping barefoot into the unknown. The fear that once clung to me like a heavy cloak has begun to loosen, replaced by a growing sense of possibility.

Why didn’t I have enough courage to publish until a few months ago? Why did I avoid the only calling I’ve ever had: writing? For years, fear held me back – fear of judgment, of not being good enough, of exposing my vulnerability to the world. Writing, my truest form of expression, felt too raw, too personal to share with others. I feared my words w... See more

“Why” insists we not just perform life but understand it. It does not care if the choreography is flawless, it wants to know what dance we think we are doing in the first place. And when the music stops, only those who asked “why” will still be standing, however shaken, with a candle lit in the dark.

“Why” is origin . “Why” is architecture . “Why” is rebellion against automation . It is what separates artists from decorators, prophets from parrots. Your “why” is what keeps you writing even when no one reads you, what makes you stand your moral ground when it’s easier to nod and comply. It’s what keeps you painfully human in a world sprinting to... See more