No One Is Coming to Clean Up Your Storm

No One Is Coming to Clean Up Your Storm

We all carry storms. But some people keep waiting for someone else to come mop up the wreckage.

I’ve realized that the only true way to release yourself from your own pain... is to do something about it. Not manifest angels to lift you out, not sit in hope that a higher force will swoop in and tidy what’s messy inside. Faith may bring comfort, but healing demands motion.

When people vent their pain without moving toward healing—when they displace their discomfort onto others—they stay stuck. They make their frustration your responsibility. But here’s the truth I’ve had to learn: If I didn’t create your emotional storm, I’m not the one who has to carry the umbrella.

Those who try to impose their unresolved emotions on others will eventually have to face the truth—they’re responsible for their own cleanup. No scapegoats. No emotional babysitters. Just them, their feelings, and the choice to either work through them or keep dragging others into the whirlwind.

Honesty—especially about your own frustration—becomes a form of liberation. When I share what unsettles me, it doesn’t just release pressure for me. It invites others to reflect, to notice their own triggers, and to ask themselves: Am I placing my pain where it doesn’t belong? That moment of self-awareness? That’s where change begins.

So let this be a gentle call forward: we don’t need to carry what isn’t ours. We don’t need to manage the chaos others won’t take responsibility for. And we certainly don’t need to play the savior in someone else’s story of self-neglect.

Your healing is your home. And no one else is coming to sweep the floor.