Sometimes you have to let others go to remember who you are.
We say yes when we mean no, to keep the peace.
Do that enough times, and you forget your own voice. (I've done it myself)
That isn’t kindness; it’s putting someone else’s comfort ahead of your own needs.
That is giving yourself away in small pieces.
You don’t have to fight anyone or give a big speech.
You have to stop trading your time for someone else.
The day you stop abandoning yourself to keep someone else comfortable, you start coming back to yourself.
Who you are is still there, under all the yeses you never meant.
Letting go of others is not cold.
It is how you make room to hear yourself again.
Pick one place where you always say yes to keep the peace.
Tomorrow, when it comes up, say only this: “Let me think about it.” Then sit with it for one full day before you answer.
That pause is your first step back to you.
Inspired by @livin_life_with_gusto
Kindness is cool, smiles are free.
Russ