When Love Lets Go: A Soft Goodbye to What No Longer Matches
When Love Lets Go: A Soft Goodbye to What No Longer Matches
There was a time I needed to belong so deeply, I shaped myself to fit the outlines of others. I clung to friendships tightly, fearing the silence between mismatched hearts. But growth teaches you how to listen—not just to others, but to yourself.
Recently, a friend told me, “We don’t have anything in common.” In the past, those words might’ve broken something inside me. But today, they didn’t hurt—they clarified. I didn’t take it personally. I saw it for what it was: honesty, not cruelty. Boundaries, not abandonment.
I didn’t plead or prove my worth. I simply let them go—with peace, not resentment. Because I’ve come to honor truth more than attachment, and alignment more than validation.
That moment showed me how far I’ve come. From people-pleasing to presence. From clinging to clarity. From fear to freedom.
Letting go can be a soft kind of love—the kind that doesn’t need to hold someone close to care. And maybe, just maybe, that’s the purest kind.
There was a time I needed to belong so deeply, I shaped myself to fit the outlines of others. I clung to friendships tightly, fearing the silence between mismatched hearts. But growth teaches you how to listen—not just to others, but to yourself.
Recently, a friend told me, “We don’t have anything in common.” In the past, those words might’ve broken something inside me. But today, they didn’t hurt—they clarified. I didn’t take it personally. I saw it for what it was: honesty, not cruelty. Boundaries, not abandonment.
I didn’t plead or prove my worth. I simply let them go—with peace, not resentment. Because I’ve come to honor truth more than attachment, and alignment more than validation.
That moment showed me how far I’ve come. From people-pleasing to presence. From clinging to clarity. From fear to freedom.
Letting go can be a soft kind of love—the kind that doesn’t need to hold someone close to care. And maybe, just maybe, that’s the purest kind.
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