Some people seem to be made of steel: they endure, resist, and smile even when trembling inside. They are everyone’s pillar—but rarely their own. No one ever teaches us that even the strongest ones get tired. We’re told to be resilient , but few explain that resilience, when misunderstood, can become a quiet prison. The Trap of Strength Being strong doesn’t always mean being okay. Sometimes it means you’ve grown so used to enduring that you’ve forgotten how to let go. You get
We live in a time that idolizes speed: quick fixes, instant answers, express therapies. But the human mind is not an engine; it is a garden. And gardens do not heal in a hurry. Sometimes the soul needs to take its time. There are emotions that do not dissolve by confronting them immediately, but by letting them rest in silence, like a wound that closes from the inside out. Healing is not always productive in appearance. Sometimes it’s just sleeping more, speaking less, feelin