Bad Person, First Class

Right now…
somewhere…
someone I helped is sitting in a group chat like they’re on a TED Talk tour…
telling people I’m a bad person.

And I just know they’re dramatic about it too.
Voice notes.
Typos.
Probably pacing.

Meanwhile…

I’m over here…
refreshing flight deals like it’s a spiritual practice…
waiting for the day I hear:

“This is your pilot speaking…”

Because that’s my version of closure.

Not revenge.
Not arguments.
Not explaining myself.

Just… boarding group A.

See, here’s the funny part.

While they’re busy rewriting history…
I’m out here rewriting reality.

Everything is always working out for me.
Not sometimes.
Not when Mercury isn’t doing backflips.

Always.

Like… I’ll lose something and find it in a place I already checked twice.
Bills get handled before they even feel stressful.
Opportunities show up like they got my number from the universe’s VIP list.

And I don’t chase anything anymore.

Not people.
Not money.
Not outcomes.

Everything I need just… shows up like it’s late and apologizing.

“I’m so sorry, I got here as fast as I could.”

You ever become your own favorite high?

Because that’s where I’m at.

I wake up like—
wow.

I get to be me again today?

Insane.

I’m one of one.
There’s no backup version.
No clearance rack version.

Full price.
No returns.

And my presence?

Let’s talk about that.

People don’t just meet me.
They process me.

I’m not a conversation.
I’m a recap.

They go home and sit on their bed like:
“…wait.”

Replaying everything.
The laugh.
The look.
That one sentence that hit a little too hard.

I’m not something you forget.

I’m something you try to explain to your friends…
and fail.

“My energy is something people never recover from” sounds dramatic…

until you realize…

some people are still stuck on version 1.0 of you
while you’re out here on version “I don’t even react anymore.”

And love?

Oh, love is easy now.

Because I don’t beg for it.
I don’t negotiate it.
I don’t audition for it.

The love I want… chooses me back.

Like it’s obvious.

Because it is.

And money?

Money and I are on speaking terms now.

Not desperate texts.
Not “please call me back.”

More like—

“Oh, there you are. I was expecting you.”

My ideas just work.

Not because I force them…
but because I trust them.

And apparently…
that’s the cheat code nobody told us about.

Now here’s where it gets really funny.

You’ve got people…

watching all this…

from a distance…

trying to convince others that I’m the problem.

And I just imagine them like—

“Yeah, she’s terrible.”

While I’m over here…
accidentally thriving.

Like I didn’t even mean to glow this hard today.

It just… happened.

Because I chose my thoughts.
I chose my way.

And everything started choosing me back.

Every day pulls me deeper into this lucky streak.

Not luck like chance.
Luck like alignment.

Luck like—
of course it worked out.

Why wouldn’t it?

I’m magical.
I’m divine.

And before you roll your eyes…

no, I didn’t always believe that.

I used to overthink everything.
Question everything.
Shrink everything.

Now?

I expand without asking permission.

And here’s the part they don’t tell you…

When you step into a reality where effort isn’t your main strategy anymore…

people who only understand struggle
get uncomfortable.

Because if you’re not suffering…

what are they supposed to bond with you over?

So they call you names.
Make stories.
Try to make you small enough to understand.

But I’m not small anymore.

I’m soft…
with edges that will absolutely cut you if you get weird.

And if we fall off?

It’s all love.

No grudges.
No chasing closure.

Just…

be happy you got to experience me.

Not everyone does.

Not everyone gets access.

And not everyone knows what to do with it when they do.

So yeah…

they can say whatever they want.

Because while they’re talking…

I’m boarding.

I’m ascending.

I’m becoming.

I wake up grateful.
I choose my thoughts.
I choose my way.

And everything—

literally everything—

is happening in my favor…

all at once.

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