That’s the unspoken center of almost every guarded heart. A wish to be worth the difficulty. When someone stays inside that difficulty & not perform patience but actually letting it change the shape of how they show up.
A healthy relationship will test you more than a toxic one. Because it won't let you run. It holds up a mirror and says: Show up. Communicate. Grow. Swallow the pride. It's a repeated choice to stay and work at it together. Even when it's hard and ugly. That's why real love scares people so much in this generation.