Mirror mirror on the wall, I'll always get up after I fall whether I run, walk or crawl I will set my mission and conquer them all.
Apparently this has been
.... My inevitable reality.
๐ก โ๏ธJoe Goldberg understood something about love that most people are too afraid to admit:
The person who knows you best has the greatest potential to destroy youโฆ
They know which silence means you are hurting, which smile is a disguise, which childhood wound still controls your decisions, and which words can make you question your own worth.
โก That is the terrifying side of intimacy.
You slowly hand someone the map to every locked room inside you, believing love makes them incapable of becoming your enemy.
But love does not erase a personโs capacity for cruelty. Sometimes, it simply gives them better information.
Pay attention to the person you love. Study their patterns. Understand their fears. Learn the language of their silence.
But never confuse knowing someone intimately with having the right to own them.
Because the most dangerous person in your life may not be the stranger who wants to hurt you.
It may be the person you once trusted enough to explain exactly how.
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People may admire the outcome while resisting the discipline that created it. The higher you grow, the fewer people understand the cost. โ๏ธ๐๐
Some people are not against your growth. They are simply more comfortable with the version of you that never challenged their expectations.
Growth changes more than you. It changes who still feels comfortable around you.