when you start respecting yourself the energy you give off changes as well; some people will find joy in meeting you where you are because they look at your boundaries as necessities and not walls, others will be intimidated by your healed standards and stay clear of your light.
no connection is worth sacrificing your growth for. if you find yourself constantly taking steps back in your growth to create comfortability for someone, or consistently find yourself dropping yourself to their level so they can swim with you, youβve already sacrificed too much.
Fr cryin over the Hey Arnold movie bc he finds his parents after 9 years & wakes them up from a sleeping sickness & I wish we could just do that with our dead loved ones πͺ