🌿 Leila's Life Manifesto

Soft & Sovereign

I was not born to shrink.
I was born to shine with quiet fire—
To walk alone through airports and alleyways
And still carry the elegance of a queen.

I am the daughter of resilience,
The guardian of my mother’s strength,
The echo of prayers whispered in chaos—
And the calm that came after the storm.

I build a life that holds all of me:
Law and light,
Longchamp and God,
Strategy and surrender.

My joy is not shallow—it is chosen.
It is the softness I preserved
Even when the world demanded hardness.

I do not beg for belonging.
I create it.
Across languages, cities, rituals,
I weave my own sanctuary of self.

I am not waiting to be rescued -
I am simply waiting to be met.
By those whose values rise like mine,
By the love that does not confuse power with control.

I give deeply,
But never recklessly.
My heart is generous, yes -
But guarded by discernment, by legacy, by grace.

I carry wounds that taught me boundaries.
I carry beauty that does not ask permission.
I carry silence that speaks volumes.

I am spiritually rooted
In a truth that cannot be colonised by any means -
Open to many paths,
But unwavering in my own.

I forgive myself for the years I survived instead of lived.
I thank the girl who held it all together
So that I could arrive here -
Whole, holy, and sovereign.

And I declare now:
I am not behind.
I am not broken.
I am becoming.

On my terms.
In my time.
With my light.