My feelings get so intense that I often have to remind myself that they’re mine and just because I feel something very strongly, doesn’t mean anyone else is feeling the same intensity or has to. I can be alone in them and that’s ok.
Tolerating always turns to resentment. At first, you call it patience, then love. But what it really is, is self abandonment. Every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern or silence your discomfort, something inside you keeps score. Likes And eventually, the bill comes due.
I finally understood why God wanted us to put Him first, people will let you down in ways that remind you why your faith should never rest entirely on humans.