You don’t have to run away

You don’t have to run away from what you feel—

even when it’s uncomfortable, messy, or hard to identify.

Pause. Check in.

Identify what’s rising inside you, and give yourself permission to feel it.

And you don’t have to run from the people who love you—

or only choose them when it’s easy or when it fits.

Feeling lost doesn’t mean you disappear.

Uncertainty doesn’t mean you leave.

The ones who stay with you, even when you don’t fully understand yourself,

they do because they see your worth.

They stay to understand your struggles,

to figure things out with you, not ahead of you.

They fight for you because they trust your words, your heart, your potential.

not because they respect and continue to understand you, it doesn’t mean they’re not hurt.

Do not run away.

Offer clarity.

Have the courage to be honest.

Speak your truth.

You are not running away from the one you love because you need to find yourself.

You are simply choosing to take the path without them.

Do not romanticize self-discovery over abandonment.

We leave them behind because we don’t want them in our lives anymore.

Choose the bitter truth over the lies we cling to so our choices hurt less.