Not everyone will stay.

And that’s the first lesson life teaches you
whether you’re ready or not.

Some people arrive like sunshine.
Warm. Exciting. Temporary.

They laugh with you, sit with you,
make promises that feel real in the moment…

but disappear when the seasons change.

And you’re left wondering
What you did wrong.

You replay conversations.
You question your heart.
You shrink yourself, thinking maybe
just maybe
You were too much… or not enough.

Then there are others.

The ones you gave everything to.

Your time.
Your loyalty.
Your presence when no one else showed up.

You stood by them in their storms.
held them together when they were falling apart…

only to realize

They would never do the same for you.

And that kind of realization?

It doesn’t just hurt.

It changes you.

Because you begin to understand something
You wish you never had to learn:

Not everyone who holds your hand
values your heart.

But then…

There are the ones who stay.

Not the loud ones.
Not the ones who promise forever.

The quiet ones.
The consistent ones.

The ones who show up—
again and again—
without needing to be asked.

They see you.
Not just the version you show the world…
but the one you try to hide.

They stay when you’re not easy to love.
They stay when you’re silent.
They stay when you’re hurting.

Not because they have to…

but because they choose to.

And slowly, they teach you something
The world tried to take from you:

That real love is not loud.
It is not temporary.
It is not convenient.

It is steady.
It is patient.
It stays.

So don’t lose yourself chasing the ones who leave.

Don’t exhaust your heart trying to be enough
for people who were never meant to stay.

Because in the end

it’s not about how many people come into your life…

It's about the ones who stay.

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