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One Beautiful Life Lesson Hard Times Teach You That 90% of People Ignore
The hardest chapters of your life often carry the keys to your greatest awakening.
This week, someone confided in me, her voice quivering,
“My own family is bad-mouthing me. I got to know from someone else. Even my tiny acts are exaggerated. I feel so exhausted explaining myself.”
I felt her deep yearning for the love she never received, a long-held ache for acceptance.
Her parents bullied and manipulated her.
Over the years, she silently absorbed a narrative that “I must be good enough to earn love. Then maybe I will be accepted.”
But you fall into their traps when you live by others’ script.
No one wants to say out loud that sometimes, the people who are supposed to love you may try to break you if you are not boxed in.
When Love Comes with a Price Tag
Support, warmth, and safety help us reach our fullest potential.
Yet some people determine your worth by obedience, silence, or sacrifice. When love comes with conditions, it becomes a weapon.
