Emotional maturity is accepting that no amount
of explaining will make someone self-aware.
If a person hasn't done the work to sit with
their own pain, they'll deflect yours.
You stop trying to earn empathy from people
who don't have the capacity to offer it.

Emotional maturity is accepting that some
people will rewrite your experience before
they reconsider their behavior. Protecting
their self-image feels safer that confronting
the possibility that they caused harm.

Emotional maturity is the ability to pause
and ask yourself,

"What's my role in my own suffering?"

Because until you're willing to reflect,
the pattern repeats.

Not enough people talk about the grief
that comes with healing. When you raise
your standards, the people who benefited
from your lack of boundaries often disappear.
While it hurts, cutting out people who
bring dysfunction into your life is one
of the first signs that you're beginning
to truly respect yourself.

Some people were not put here to evolve.
They are here to show you what happens
if you don't.

@yourcourageouscomeback