Joshua N'Gon: Last Prince of Alkebulahn.
In my speculative worlds, characters who wait for validation get deleted from the narrative. In our world, we delete ourselves – slowly,
quietly, through a thousand small surrenders every single morning.
Not today.
Meeting the day isn't about grand gestures. It's about tiny, radical acts of reclaiming your morning. Maybe it's five minutes of silence before the world demands your attention. Perhaps it's watching the actual sunrise instead of a filtered version on social media. Maybe it's writing one paragraph of that
novel you've been dreaming about before the world tells you why you can't.
Think about seeds. They don't ask the forest for permission to grow. They just break open. They transform. They become.
Here's a secret from the world of speculative fiction: Every protagonist's journey starts with one moment of radical choice. The moment they decide their story doesn't
belong to anyone else. Your morning is that moment. Every. Single. Day.
Your worth isn't measured by productivity apps. It's measured by how fully you show up for yourself. By how deeply you listen to that voice inside that knows exactly what you need – beyond the noise, beyond the crowds, beyond the endless performance.
I've watched brilliant people – engineers, artists, dreamers – get
trapped in other people's narratives. They wake up already apologizing. Already compromising. Already small. But here's the thing about being small: the universe doesn't have time for it. Because it knows you were meant to be big and bold
So here's my challenge to you this week: Wake up like you're the protagonist of an epic story. Because you are. Not the supporting character. Not the sidekick. The hero.
Rise. See. Choose.
Your day doesn't need a crowd's permission to be meaningful. It just requires you to be fully, unapologetically present.
Until next week family, own your sunrise.
Peace, love and power.
