Soft and Strong | The Duality of Wholeness

Three days apart, I wrote two very different truths.

On August 30, I wrote about the diamonds.

That piece carried fire. I named manipulation, claimed back what was used to hurt me, and spoke with clarity and strength.

On September 2, I wrote a letter.

That piece carried tenderness. I remembered Scrabble games and sea shanties, admitted I fell in love despite the warnings, and confessed the deepest contradiction:

“Not because I don’t love you. Because I do.”

Side by side, these writings don’t cancel each other out. They complete each other.

This is the truth of heartbreak, grief, healing, and navigating through:

That it isn’t linear.

That one day you can stand in fire, and the next you can be undone by tenderness.

That both are real.

Both are true.

I allow myself to live them,

to feel them,

so I can free them.

Both are part of being a whole, well-adjusted human.