Britney Spears took to Instagram to share a long, emotional post about mental health wellness on Saturday. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter first shared a caption written by Makenzy Smith, a Seattle-based artist. Spears said she had no personal connection to Smith, and she simply liked her caption. The short paragraph read, “on cloud nine whenever my camera is in my hand [stars emoji]but I’m learning now more than ever that my job is not my purpose.”
She added, “it’s a huge part of my life and I LOVE it, but I am unlearning the societal norm that I am worthy based on my productivity. You are worth so much more than what you can do in a day. you deserve to rest and love, you don’t need to earn your place in this world. once you lean into this truth, the work becomes easier, it becomes a labour of love not a burden of the soul. so if no one told you today, you are worthy, you are loved, you deserve to be here, you’ll do great things in a time.”
Spears followed it up with several pages of her own thoughts beginning with, “Have you ever wondered why readers love to read??? I don’t know… maybe because we choose to read rather than express. It’s our safety yet our own worse enemy!!!! You say to yourself ‘did I just read that the wrong way?’ and then with a flip of a coin in literally 2 seconds, your whole universe could change because your mother’s voice sneaks into your brain with doubt and does that one thing you never wanted when you were younger literally drown in the confusion!!!!
Spears further added, “I need to swim up for air… find land and scream till the end of time!!! But then it’s that damn voice of doubt the fall comes slowly something you honestly have met with denial for a long time or wait was that denial at all or was it your true innocence hanging onto the upper world of magic???” After a small diversion into talking about magic and and her two sons who she called, ‘d*mn brilliant,’ she talked about a recent conversation about complaining she had with a friend.
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