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In an ESSENCE cover story exclusive, music icon Janet Jackson pens an intimate message to Black women for the magazine’s first-ever “Happiness” issue.

In “Letter From My Heart,” Ms. Jackson shares some of the lessons she learned from her childhood to adulthood—including her early struggles with depression, failed relationships and how she eventually found happiness.

Jackson shares:

In Her Childhood: “I was happy when my brothers came home from performing on the road. I was happy when my mother lavished me with love. But I wasn’t happy with the way I looked…”

In Her Teens: “Happiness came when people asked me to perform…but I was happiest when I was pleasing others and not myself. An older and wiser Janet might have said, ‘True happiness is knowing you’re doing the best you can…’”

In Her Thirties: “These were difficult years, when I struggled with depression. The struggle was intense. I could analyze the source of my depression forever. Low self-esteem might be rooted in childhood feelings of inferiority. It could relate to failing to meet impossibly high standards. And of course there are always the societal issues of racism and sexism. Put it all together and depression is a tenacious and scary condition. Thankfully, I found my way through it…”

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JANET JACKSON PENS INTIMATE MESSAGE TO BLACK WOMEN FOR ESSENCE’S JULY/AUGUST ISSUE  was originally published on praisecleveland.com