The Morning I Noticed I Was Lighter

Dear Delyara, I did not heal all at once. It happened quietly. One morning I woke up and realized I had gone several days without speaking to myself cruelly. I still had problems. I still had fears. But something inside me was less violent. For so long, my inner voice had been sharp, suspicious, punishing. I thought that was normal. I thought survival required harshness. Now I know softness can keep you alive too. My awakening was not dramatic. It was the slow discovery that peace does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it enters like light under a door.