You are not responsible for mending the wounds in someone else's heart. You can inspire them with your light. You can hold space for their shadows. But it is they who must choose the path of healing. You cannot force them to gaze into the mirror if they shy away from their own reflection. You cannot coax them out of their self-sabotaging patterns with words alone. And you do not need to wait for them to summon the will to heal and grow. You can understand their struggles, yet you must decide what you will accept and what you will not. At the end of the day, you bear the mantle of your own healing and peace, not anyone else's. You don't have to be the one they pass down their trauma to that once burdened them. You don't have to let their insecurities spill onto you. If you could strive to create a world of light and love even after everything you went through, they could too. Trauma doesn't justify the actions that scars someone else for life.