Yall always ask me how I stay strong…

You keep holding onto people who keep letting go of you.
You’re giving your time, your energy, your heart
to people who can’t even give you consistency.
You’re answering texts fast
for someone who takes hours… or days.
You’re making space in your life
for people who treat you like an option.
You’re loving hard
in places that handle you carelessly.
And then you wonder why you feel drained.
It’s not because you’re “too much.”
It’s because you keep pouring into people
who don’t pour back.
At some point you have to be honest with yourself:
What are you actually getting out of this?
Not the potential.
Not the memories.
Not the “when it’s good, it’s good.”
Right now. As it is.
Because if you’re not happy,
if you’re constantly anxious, questioning, waiting, hurting…
that’s not love. That’s attachment.
And yeah… starting over is scary.
It’s uncomfortable. It’s lonely at first.
But settling?
Settling will slowly break you in ways you won’t even notice
until you don’t recognize yourself anymore.
You don’t need to be “stronger.”
You need to start respecting yourself enough
to walk away from what keeps hurting you.
Because the strongest thing you can do
is stop choosing people
who keep choosing everything but you.