Where You Still Abandon You

You have stopped chasing people who showed you who they are. But there are quieter leave-takings: the yes with a no in your chest, the opinion you swallowed to keep the table easy, the rest you canceled because someone needed something. You cannot rebuild what you refuse to examine — so examine the exits. Where are you still abandoning yourself to keep other people comfortable? Not to condemn you. To bring you home.

PRACTICE — Run three checks tonight: Where did I say yes with a no in my chest? Where did I shrink? Where did I silence myself? Pick one and give it a boundary sentence you will actually use this week.

Today's affirmation: “I do not leave myself to keep the room comfortable.”

— Seven Calia