🖤 When Kindness Is Met With Strategy

“You don’t get to destroy someone’s spirit and then get uncomfortable when they survive it.”

Lately, I’ve been moving through a quiet storm — one that doesn’t show on the outside, but it’s shifted everything underneath.

People I once trusted changed. Conversations slowed when I entered the room. And kindness — real, no-strings-attached kindness — was met with suspicion, manipulation, and in some cases… betrayal.

What hurts isn’t just the lies.

It’s that you smiled in my face and played the long game behind my back.

You brought gifts while plotting complaints.

You created messes and disguised them as misunderstandings.

And now I’m left wondering which direction the “shot callers” will lean.

Not knowing who sees the truth… and who’s protecting the performance.

Not knowing if my quiet strength is enough in a world where drama gets the microphone first.

But here’s what I do know:

I didn’t lie.

I didn’t stoop.

I didn’t forget who I am — even when everything in me wanted to.

I’ve kept showing up, with my head high and my heart intact.

And whether or not leadership sees what’s been happening behind closed doors — I see it.

And I know who I’ve been through it all.

This isn’t about being the bigger person.

This is about refusing to become what tried to break me.

So I’ll stay quiet — for now.

But don’t mistake my silence for softness.

You don’t get to destroy someone’s spirit and then get uncomfortable when they survive it.

Lady Flava

And The World Turns