Forgiveness

 Forgiveness isn’t always about setting someone free ~ it’s often about setting yourself free.

I read somewhere, ‘You keep forgiving someone until you unlove them.’ And I felt that. Because when you love deeply, you want to believe in the best of someone, even when they keep showing you their worst. So you forgive. Again and again. Not because they deserve it, but because a part of you isn’t ready to let go.

But something happens over time. Each forgiveness chips away at the illusion. Every disappointment brings clarity. And one day, without realizing it, you wake up and the love that once felt unshakable has faded. Not out of bitterness, not out of anger ~ but out of exhaustion.

This is how some of us let go. Not in one sudden act, but in a slow unraveling, in the quiet realization that love should not have to hurt this much.

If you’re in this place, know this: Forgiveness does not mean you have to stay. It does not mean you have to keep the door open. It does not mean you have to keep setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.

Some love stories don’t end with fireworks ~ they end with a sigh of relief. And that’s okay. Letting go is its own kind of love~ the kind that finally includes yourself.