Loooooove this, Elina. This jumped out straight away and punched me in the gut. How many times I’ve felt this. Ughhh.
“it’s easier to believe you missed a step than to face the truth that everyone heard you and simply shrugged.”
What I’m trying to do is lower my expectations (I should have none at all, but hey, I’m not that enlightened) because I expect from others what I give of myself.
A great reminder to us all that that constant sanding to accommodate others only harms us. ❤️
Ahhhh, thank you ❤️❤️ I feel that so much, expectations hit hard. It’s a weird paradox: we want to be seen, but we try to achieve it by sanding ourselves down — so actually, no one can see who we are 🤪
"They nodded at the translation, but I know now, they were listening for their own reflection, and I have no say in what they choose to see in it." Well said and so true!
Loooooove this, Elina. This jumped out straight away and punched me in the gut. How many times I’ve felt this. Ughhh.
“it’s easier to believe you missed a step than to face the truth that everyone heard you and simply shrugged.”
What I’m trying to do is lower my expectations (I should have none at all, but hey, I’m not that enlightened) because I expect from others what I give of myself.
A great reminder to us all that that constant sanding to accommodate others only harms us. ❤️
Ahhhh, thank you ❤️❤️ I feel that so much, expectations hit hard. It’s a weird paradox: we want to be seen, but we try to achieve it by sanding ourselves down — so actually, no one can see who we are 🤪
Absolutely! Round off those edges, but for what? Let them get the edges, the splinters, all of it.
Yes!! That’s what we do 😎
"They nodded at the translation, but I know now, they were listening for their own reflection, and I have no say in what they choose to see in it." Well said and so true!
Thank you so much, Sommer! 🧡
Oh. My. God. I found myself gasping as I was reading. I too am done subtitling 🧡
Oooh, so glad to hear it resonated. Yes – no more subtitling 🧡