I rested before I earned it

Dear Delyara, I rested this afternoon before I had done “enough.” That may not sound significant to someone else. To me, it felt like a quiet rebellion against an old internal rule that says care must always come after proof. I was tired. So I stopped. No collapse. No medical certificate. No dramatic reason. Just tiredness, taken seriously. I think self-love is sometimes just that: responding before the begging starts.