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Hurt Is Inevitable, but Holding on to Hurt is a Choice

Hurt arrives in moments that split us open, but staying bound to that pain is a choice. Anger may rise to protect us, yet when it hardens into bitterness, the heart freezes in the moment it was wounded. Forgiveness isn’t forgetting or excusing — it’s the quiet strength of release, the return to freedom, and the soft, steady reclaiming of yourself.

Carmela Pollock

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