For me, I just come to a place of recognizing they are who they are.
Who am I to want something different for them?
And stepping out of the way to allow them to do what they are going to do anyways.
And recognizing that I love them just the same, but there comes a place where a healthy relationship can no longer be maintained for either one of us.
They may care in their own way, but I am asking something of them that they are incapable of.
— mal

when you’ve done

all you can

to be there for someone

trapped in a narcissistic

and devaluing pattern

freedom

is realizing this truth

thoughtkick:
“Sometimes the greatest act of love is to walk away so that the other person can find their true self and direction again.”
— Leon Brown

love is not

just warm, fuzzy feelings

love is real

in doing what’s best for another person

even if it hurts

quotefeeling:
“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to. It’s not for them.”
— Joubert Botha

non-attachment

is a journey

few attempt

even fewer

understand

symphonyoflovenet:

“Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.”

— Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

backtrace the anger

to the hurt it hides

anger is always

a secondary emotion

accept you feel hurt

get out of your feelings

breathe, ground, center

then seek to understand

why?

where are you attached

to an outcome or timeline

contentment

and non-attachment

in the present

start with a mindset

of thankfulness, gratitude, appreciation

be thankful

there are thorn bushes

that grow roses

instead of complaining

that roses have thorns

thoughtkick:

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

— Albert Camus (via perfectquote)

happiness is a secondary emotion

just as anger is

happiness comes naturally

unconsciously, effortlessly

out of nonattachment

and a life of gratitude

and contentment

accept reality, what is, is

seek understanding

choose how to respond

out of acceptance and understanding