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Maya🪷's avatar

I love this so much! I totally resonate with wanting to have a friend like yourself, someone who you can really rely on. it is only through loss that you realize you can be that person for yourself. how beautiful

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It's a different kind of beautiful. There's still a certain ache when you think about what happened. You're happy to be who you have become, but then again—what led to this, uhh.

When I had a tough time with friendships, I told myself, "If I don't hold myself together and collect the broken pieces to make them whole, I'll always remain a broken piece. No one is going to come to save me, so I have to save myself."

Ever since then, I often talk to myself in the second person whenever I need advice or help. Nobody can help me the way I can. I'm happy I can do that. But I have no one to count on. No one has ever shown up for me.

I try to be there for people so they don't have to go through what I went through. But you know what? People usually disappoint. Yet, you choose to be kind and give people chances. Sometimes, I feel like we're overcompensating. But it's also beautiful—as I said, a different kind of beautiful, the kind that comes with an ache.

Family—the only safe place and the only constant

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yashvi's avatar

i relate to the last para so much😭 but thank you for reading🫶🏼

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yashvi's avatar

exactly! i am happy to hear that you loved it. thank you so much🫶🏼✨

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Priyanka Kaur's avatar

Love this ❤️❤️

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yashvi's avatar

that makes me happy 🙈 thank you so much♥️

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

Beautiful!

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yashvi's avatar

thank youu🫶🏼

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Someone_out_of_the_blue's avatar

Loved it💕

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yashvi's avatar

thank you so much🫶🏼✨

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