You Were Not Born to Hide
The Bear does not roar to be feared.
He walks with silence, not weakness.
His steps are stories. His skin carries the faces of many — ancestors, spirits, and memory.
Painted across his back are not decorations,
but symbols of survival.
Each shape, a prayer.
Each color, a memory kept alive.
You, too, carry markings —
not on your skin, but on your soul.
Marks of everything you've endured.
Scars that became shields.
Losses that became wisdom.
Silence that became strength.
The Bear doesn’t forget where he comes from.
Neither should you.
So walk like him —
Grounded. Fierce. Silent, but never invisible.
You were not born to hide.
You were born to remember.
And when the world forgets who you are,
Let your spirit speak louder than words.
