Being needed feels like being valued, until you discover that some people value what you do for them more than who you are.
A sobering test of any relationship:
If you stopped being useful, would you still be welcome?
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@tathagatorc.bsky.socialBeing needed feels like being valued, until you discover that some people value what you do for them more than who you are.
A sobering test of any relationship:
If you stopped being useful, would you still be welcome?
@tathagatorc.bsky.socialWe admire people who “never give up”
Perhaps we should also admire those who know when to stop.
Persistence can build a life.
But knowing when to walk away can save one.
@tathagatorc.bsky.socialWe live in an age where everyone wants to be seen.
Yet one of the rarest gifts we can give another human being is our undivided attention.
Sometimes the most profound way to say “you matter” is simply to stop checking the phone.
@tathagatorc.bsky.socialPerhaps growing up isn't learning who you are.
Perhaps it's finally having the courage to stop being who everyone else needed you to be.
The hardest identity to abandon is the one that earned you approval.