By JakkiJustSaying
There are questions we ask in silence—questions that haunt us in the quiet hours of the night or echo in our minds as we stare into the mirror.
“Why am I really unhappy?”
“Why do I feel disconnected from people who say they love me?”
“What part of me have I been hiding just to fit in?”
“Who hurt me so deeply that I stopped trusting myself?”
But in public, we ask the shallow questions:
“How’s work?”
“Did you hear what happened to so-and-so?”
“Did you see the news about that celebrity?”
“What do you think about this trend?”
We are far more comfortable discussing the chaos in someone else’s world than confronting the silence in our own.
It’s not that we don’t crave depth—we do. But vulnerability requires courage, and most of us were never taught how to be real without being judged. So we wear masks that hide our questions and project answers we think others want to hear. And we avoid the hard inner work, distracting ourselves with headlines and hashtags that numb our pain and delay our healing.
We scroll through newsfeeds and viral videos about broken systems, failed relationships, or tragedies in other people’s lives while ignoring the wounds in our own. We know how to analyze the downfall of others but not how to rebuild our own foundation.
But the journey to self-discovery and healing can only begin when we’re honest with ourselves—when we stop looking outward to escape and start asking the inward questions that demand reflection, responsibility, and redemption.
What if instead of asking “What’s new with the world?”
We asked, “What is still unresolved in me?”
Instead of asking, “Did you see what they posted?”
We asked, “Have I posted a lie about my own joy?”
We don’t need another distraction. We need connection. We need to return to truth. We need to give ourselves permission to feel, to question, and to heal.
So today, I challenge you to ask yourself silently… but truthfully:
– Who am I pretending to be?
– What pain am I covering with busyness?
– What dream have I buried beneath fear?
– What would my life look like if I told the truth—to myself?
You are not alone in your questions. But the journey begins with you. Real healing happens when silence is met with honesty, and shallow talk is replaced by sacred truth.