One thing you learn over time through heartbreak, silence, and stillness is that people, especially adults, often find it hard to detach from their ways. Habits become identity. Ego becomes home. And for many, the discomfort of change feels heavier than the burden of remaining the same.
But just because it is difficult does not mean it is impossible. Change is always available. God allows it. Grace allows it. But you must stop holding your breath waiting for it.
Release the need for people to become who they are not ready to be. The change is not for you. It is for their soul. For their healing. For their freedom. And sometimes, people are simply not interested in any of those things.
Especially when they feel they can take from you, drain you, compete with you, manipulate, compare, or quietly envy you.
Beloved, that is not love. That is not friendship. That is a warning.
That is your invitation to exit such togetherness.
Because if you stay in spaces like that, you will decay.
Your light will dim. Your spirit will ache. Your peace will crumble.
People who are driven by ego, who have shown you time and time again that they will not change believe them.
They are not confused. They are committed to their comfort.
You are not a rehab center.
You are not a mirror for their insecurities.
You are not a competitor in their imaginary race.
You can still love them and leave.
You can still wish them well and walk away.
You can still pray for them and protect your peace.
Because choosing yourself is not selfish. It is sacred.
And sometimes, love looks like silence.
Sometimes, love looks like distance.
Sometimes, love is the door you gently close behind you.
Let them be
And let yourself go
Love,
Umi
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