WHEN STRONG PEOPLE GET TIRED

Sometimes even the most resilient get tired. Those who heal others forget to heal themselves. Those who listen to someone else's pain rarely talk about their own. We hold on because we have to. We smile because that's what's expected of us. But inside, there's often the same uncertainty, the same doubts, the same loneliness.
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And in this fatigue, you just want silence. Not advice. Not judgments. Not expectations. But just for someone to hug you. Silently. Without explanations. Without conditions. Just for you to know: you are needed. The way you are.
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Maybe this is what is called true intimacy? Not passion, not a storm of emotions, but a calm, deep confidence that there is a person nearby with whom you can be yourself.
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And when you find such a person, you begin to breathe differently.