Sometimes we have to walk away from all we’ve known to find ourselves. It has taken me a long time to find myself, and I cannot allow someone or something to make me lose myself again or pull me back into an idea or situation I have found the courage to leave. People and situations come in and out of our lives because we are ever-changing, growing, and discovering.

I am not the same person I was six months ago, a year ago, or six years ago. There was a time I needed something different because I was different. I am a new person now, and my needs have changed. If we haven’t changed together, then I must leave you behind. I cannot turn around and go back, as that person does not exist anymore. It does not mean I did not love, need, appreciate, or respect what we had together; it is just not what I need anymore. Whether it is a marriage, a close friend, a lover, a career, a culture, a way of thinking, a passion, or a place, I have to be true to myself, or I am no good for anyone. Saravá …❤

©️ Beatriz Esmer