If someone chooses to stay with you even after you've hurt them again and again, understand that what they're offering isn't just love. It's patience, understanding, and grace — all things not everyone can give, and even those who can aren't always willing to. There aren't many hearts that will walk straight into a storm simply because they believe there's calm waiting on the other side. And that kind of courage deserves to be respected, appreciated, honored, and returned. They're not unafraid of pain. It's not that they're stronger or better than you. It's that they understand why the storm exists in the first place. So give them the calm they've been fighting toward before it's too late — because even the ones who stay, especially the ones who stay, eventually reach their limit. And when they walk away, they don't lose. They just learn how to weather another storm. But you? You lose a heart that chose you when it didn't have to.