I have empathy for your struggle, I just don't have patience for your excuses. People confuse understanding with permission, they think because you feel for them, you'll let them off the hook. But let me be clear about something. Compassion doesn't cancel accountability, and just because I see why you're stuck doesn't mean that I agree you should stay there. Understanding your pain doesn't delete your responsibility. It just means I know where the excuse comes from, but I still am not going to let you use it. I can care about you and still not coddle you. I can believe in you and still not do the work for you. I can pray for your breakthrough and still tell you the truth about why it hasn't come.Those things aren't contradictions, they're literally leadership.