ACCEPTANCE Sometimes the hardest thing you'll ever do is stop fighting reality. Not everything is meant to become what you hoped for. Not every person is meant to stay. Not every chapter is meant to make sense. Some things are temporary. Some people are lessons. Some endings are protection. You can beg it to change. You can replay it in your head. You can hold on until your hands hurt. But peace begins the moment you stop arguing with what is. Maybe this wasn't sent to break you. Maybe it was sent to wake you up. To show you what you deserve. To stretch you. To force you to outgrow the version of yourself that kept settling. Not everything that leaves is a loss. Sometimes it's a redirection. And growth doesn't feel gentle. It feels like letting go when you still care.