Maybe there is a part of you that feels they won’t change (because change is hard for everyone) and that is why you save yourself the trouble and hurt of finding that out for sure.
Kind of crazy to think about this because on the flip side I am always choosing someone else - when times get tough I never choose myself. I can never justify my own behaviours but I can somehow endlessly justify theirs. I hope we'll meet somewhere in the middle.
Wow Hannah, thank you for sharing with such vulnerability. I am embarking on the journey of giving someone "the option, the real honest and difficult option, to pick me too" right along with you and boy is it excruciating.
This is the post that made me subscribe. I'm not sure I've identified with every single word in a missive until this one.
Thank you Jessica!
Maybe there is a part of you that feels they won’t change (because change is hard for everyone) and that is why you save yourself the trouble and hurt of finding that out for sure.
Kind of crazy to think about this because on the flip side I am always choosing someone else - when times get tough I never choose myself. I can never justify my own behaviours but I can somehow endlessly justify theirs. I hope we'll meet somewhere in the middle.
This is so powerful and really made me stop and consider the similarities in myself. Thank you.
love you hannah. i related to so many sentiments here 🤍🤍🤍
Wow Hannah, thank you for sharing with such vulnerability. I am embarking on the journey of giving someone "the option, the real honest and difficult option, to pick me too" right along with you and boy is it excruciating.