What Stays With You

We’re pretty good at pushing things down.

A reaction we don’t want to show.

A feeling we don’t fully understand.

A moment we decide isn’t worth getting into.

We tell ourselves it’s fine. We move on. We keep going.

And for a while, that works.

Until it doesn’t.

What goes unexpressed doesn’t disappear.

It lingers. It builds. It finds its way back.

I noticed this recently in a small moment.

I felt frustrated about something, brushed it off, and told myself it wasn’t a big deal.

But it showed up later.

In my tone.

In my energy.

That’s when I realized it hadn’t gone anywhere.

Sometimes hiding or ignoring what we feel can show up more powerfully, similar to when we try to hold a ball under water.

You can push it down for a while.

But the whole time, it’s pushing back.

It might come up faster than you expect, with more force than you intended.

Not everything needs to be shared, but the feeling does need somewhere to go.

A conversation.

A quiet moment of recognition.

A chance to name what’s actually there.

You notice what’s present.

Nothing hiding. Nothing suppressed.

That awareness can help you feel a little more like yourself.

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲

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𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 364 (𝘠7 𝘞52)

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