We often overwhelm ourselves with the things that life throws our way. Using the phrase from the show A Different Word, this is a guide to inspire all of us to be at peace, find comfort, and re-align as many times as life asks you to—your path can bend without breaking your dreams. Happiness has no deadline, and neither do you.

We grew up watching Black women move without pause. Mothers, aunties, and church ladies who carried the world on their backs, always in motion, rarely at rest. Their hustle shaped us, but it also taught us something they were never given space to learn: rest is not laziness. Rest is survival. Rest is power.