Seated in my office I am wondering if I made the right choice and my friend is talking me down to bear the cross of Christ.

There’s a mentor who was to walk with me but because I didn’t give in to his personal needs he shun me off. He stop answering my calls and messages. My email went an answer. He knew all I was going through but for me to get help I had to bend my knee and scrub the floor for him. He’s turning me to a slave I once was under the “Indian Bear”. And there I’ll never go again.

Morgan Freeman once said:
“There comes a time in life when you no longer feel the need to prove anything to anyone.
Not because you’ve given up.
But because you’ve grown.”

And he was right. With time, you stop running after other people’s approval.

You grow tired…
— Tired of explaining yourself to those who never really wanted to understand.
— Tired of expecting honesty where only masks exist.
— Tired of being surrounded by people who are physically present, yet absent in spirit.

You grow weary of waiting:
📩 Messages that never arrive.
🙏 Apologies that are never spoken.

And then, something shifts.
You make a new choice.

You choose peace.
You choose silence over endless arguments.
You choose walking away over breaking yourself to stay.
You stop proving — and start letting go.
Not because you are weak.
But because, for the first time, you are strong.

💖 The greatest act of self-love isn’t sacrificing yourself for others.
It’s learning to stop abandoning yourself.

That isn’t selfishness — it’s healing. It’s maturity.

And when that happens, life begins to change.
Because the right people — they’ll feel you.
Without you asking. Without you forcing.

✨ True strength often looks like this: choosing peace over noise.