When people disappoint you
Let me tell you about one of the most quietly painful experiences a human being can have. Expecting something from someone and not receiving it. Not because they were a stranger. But because they were someone you trusted. Someone you believed in. Someone you poured into, showed up for, gave the benefit of the doubt to — over and over again. And then they did not show up for you. Maybe it was a friend who disappeared when your season got hard. A leader who did not protect you the way they...