Mess-Age: When the Mess Is Old Enough to Be Delivered
It Started With a Mess...
I didn’t plan to learn this the hard way.
But I did.
I was broke — not just in my pockets, but in my mind.
Maxed-out credit cards.
A car on the brink of repossession.
Family and friends I tried to help… who couldn’t help me back.
Phone calls I ignored.
Emails I left unopened.
It felt like I was drowning — and nobody noticed.
I was in a mess.
But it wasn’t until I let it sit, let it hurt, and let it teach me that I realized something important:
Mess-age: When the mess is old enough to be delivered.
The Pain That Preaches
I used to look at motivational posts and wonder,
“Do these people even struggle?”
They had clean stories. Pretty captions. Happy endings.
But what I didn’t realize is — every strong message… started as somebody’s mess.
Not one person becomes a leader without limping through a hard lesson.
And that’s what changed for me.
I stopped trying to escape the mess, and I let it do what it was sent to do:
Age me. Prepare me. Shape me.
What’s Cookin’?
You don’t deliver soup raw, right?
You let it simmer.
And some messes take longer than others.
- Financial trauma.
- Relationship wreckage.
- Mental health struggles.
- Spiritual dryness.
You don’t need to rush your healing.
But when that pain starts turning into wisdom, and that storm becomes a story — that’s when the mess becomes ready.
That’s when it becomes mess-age.
From Silence to Story
I remember the first time I told someone about my financial mess.
Not on a stage.
Not in a blog.
Just one-on-one. Quiet. Nervous. Honest.
They looked at me and said, “You’ve been through that? Man… thank you for sharing.”
That’s when I knew.
What I was ashamed of, somebody else needed.
And maybe… what you’re ashamed of, someone else is praying for.
T-Shirts and Testimonies
That’s why I created a shirt that says:
“Mess-age. (When the mess is old enough to be delivered.)”
Because I’ve seen too many people hide what made them strong.
I wear my truth now. On my chest. In my blogs. In my brand.
And every time someone sees it, they pause — and smile.
Because they get it.
They’ve been through a mess too.
The Message Isn’t for You to Keep
You weren’t just made to go through it.
You were made to grow from it — and then help someone else.
Don’t throw away the evidence of your growth.
Turn your pain into purpose.
Let your mess become your message.
And when the time is right…
Deliver it.
Tag someone who’s sitting in a mess.
Tell them: “Let it age. It’s not the end.”
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