There comes a point in healing where you stop confusing someone else's mistreatment with something being wrong with you.For a long time, I think I let people convince me that my reactions were the problem. I was too sensitive. I was overreacting. I was insecure. I cared too much. I took things too seriously.But eventually, [...]
There comes a point in life where you stop trying so hard to hold onto people, situations, and relationships that keep showing you why they aren’t meant to stay. I think detachment is something people misunderstand. They see you becoming quieter, less available, or less willing to argue and assume you stopped caring. Sometimes the [...]
There comes a point in life when you stop explaining yourself to people who already know exactly what they're doing. Respect has never been about someone's title, their position, how long you've known them, or what role they once played in your life. Respect is something you give because you understand its value, and something [...]
I don't always know what I'm grieving anymore.Sometimes I think I'm grieving people. Sometimes it's relationships. Sometimes it's the things that happened, and other times it's the things that never happened at all. The promises that were made but never kept. The endings that came without explanations. The versions of people I believed they were. [...]
There comes a point in life where you get tired of being the person who constantly has to clean up the messes other people refuse to take responsibility for. I’ve spent a lot of time learning that peace isn’t something that just magically appears. You have to choose it. You have to protect it. And [...]
One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn is that healing doesn't always look like progress. Sometimes healing looks like getting out of bed when every part of you wants to hide. Sometimes it looks like eating one real meal, answering one text message, taking one shower, or simply making it through another day [...]
There was a time in my life when I felt like I had to be available for everyone. Every text, every phone call, every notification felt like something I needed to answer immediately. I confused being constantly accessible with being a good friend, a good person, someone who cared. These days, things look a little [...]
There comes a moment in life when you stop fighting battles that were never yours to win. Not because you stopped caring, but because you finally realized that carrying the weight of everything, and everyone, is exhausting.I've finally come to terms with letting a lot of stuff go."Those words aren't about giving up. They're about [...]
There comes a point in healing where you stop asking, "Why doesn't he choose me?" and start asking, "Why am I settling for someone who doesn't?"For a long time, I confused attention with affection and effort with potential. I gave chances that didn't need to be given, ignored red flags because I saw the good [...]
There was a time when I measured my worth by watching everyone else. I looked at the people buying houses, raising families, graduating college, building careers, and celebrating milestones while I felt like I was just trying to survive another day.Comparison became a prison.What I didn't understand then was that life was never designed to [...]
