I’m tired of being the strong one

Dear Delyara, I was the strong one again today. The one who listened. The one who stayed calm. The one who understood. The one who said the sensible thing. The one who carried the emotional tone of the room without making it look like work. I know it sounds ungrateful to complain about being seen as strong. But sometimes strength becomes a role people assign to you so completely that they forget you also need softness directed back at you. I am tired of being emotionally useful. I want to be held before I become impressive.