Lately, I've been walking in a season where I feel overlooked and unseen, mainly in my career

and in dating, and I would say to myself, dang, they're literally choosing everyone but me,

and I'd feel unworthy. But the truth is, even if it doesn't feel like it, being unseen doesn't mean that you're unworthy.

It doesn't mean that you're forgotten.

And it doesn't mean that you're falling behind and whatever it is.

Sometimes God hides us on purpose, not to withhold from us, but to prepare us, to protect us, to position us properly.

I have to shift my mindset from why not me to maybe not yet. And that has been getting

increasingly harder the older I get because God, why not me and why not right now?

That's how I've been feeling.

But deep down, I know that when the time is right, what is meant for me will not miss me.

And if I force it too soon, I might be stepping into something that I'm not even ready for.

So if you're feeling like you're always the last one picked, like you're being overlooked while everyone around you is being chosen,

let's take a deep breath together because you're not being forgotten.

You're being positioned.

Powerful. What is going on, beautiful people?

You are listening to the Affirmations for Black Girls podcast.

We focus on personal growth and cultivating a healthy relationship with ourselves.

I'm your host, Tyler Creative, Actress, Content Creator, and Mental Health Enthusiast.

And y'all, we are live it in color. If you guys

did not know this is a video episode. So if you're listening, you can go and watch us on the

YouTube channel or you can keep listening if that's what you want. I have been thinking about

what we're discussing today for the longest y'all and let me just say it does not feel

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