Little Ninja No More

I was once known as the little ninja.

The invisible, speedy doctor who somehow did everything, fixed everything, and asked for nothing.

Highly efficient.

Completely unsustainable.

For a long time, speed felt like competence.

Invisibility felt like service.

Now I know better.

Presence asks more of me —

and gives more back.

These days, I move slower.

I take up space.

I don’t disappear to be useful.

Funny thing is —

more actually lands now.