Manifesto

I’m tired of strength being misunderstood.

I’m tired of watching unbridled, domineering power be praised while it does nothing to build the world—only to constrain it. To silence it. To narrow it. To exhaust it.

That isn’t strength.
And it isn’t what Jesus taught.

I have nothing against strength itself.
In fact, I find it deeply attractive—physically, yes—but just as much in the places no one sees.

Inner strength.
Quiet strength.
The kind that doesn’t perform.

The kind that looks like the road it took for me to finally speak honestly with my mother this morning.
The kind that looks like getting out of bed when the world has already decided you are “too much,” or “not enough,” or invisible altogether.
The kind that marginalized people summon every single day just to exist in systems that were never built with them in mind.

That takes strength.

We live in a culture that glorifies dominance and calls it power, while dismissing humility as weakness. But humility is not the absence of strength—it is strength under control. Strength that chooses restraint. Strength that chooses presence.

I believe there is profound power in being gentle on purpose.

I believe it takes courage to smile at the people others ignore.
To see those who have learned not to expect to be seen.
To offer dignity where the world withholds it.

I do that intentionally—because I know what it feels like to disappear. And because being seen changed me.

Presence is not passive.
Kindness is not naïve.
Goodness is not weak.

They are decisions.

They require an inner cultivation—an ongoing choice to tend to yourself honestly so your cup is full enough to extend outward. To listen instead of dominate. To hold instead of conquer.

In a way, we are meant to hold each other.

This is what Jesus Is Beta means.

Not submissive.
Not small.
But rooted.
Integrated.
Unthreatened.

It is a rejection of hollow strength and a return to embodied power—the kind that builds, that heals, that leaves room for others to exist fully.

If you’re here, you may be tired too.

Tired of performing.
Tired of proving.
Tired of mistaking hardness for resilience.

This is your reminder:

Your capacity to be present, to be kind, to be honest with yourself—this is not a liability. It is your power.

When you choose to be good to yourself, you make room to be good to the world.

And that—
that takes strength.