Tere Marie Martini

There’s no amount of explanation that can change the mind of someone determined to misunderstand you.
Not being seen for the truth you are is one of the most painful forms of lonelinesses…
And the grief that comes with the realization that someone needed to create that version of you in order to save themselves FROM themselves is a heaviness like none other
There’s no exhaustion like the burnout that comes from trying to prove yourself to someone committed to misunderstanding

STOP sitting on trial for someone else’s insecurities, someone else’s wounds, and someone else’s work….
Leave them with the version of you they created
Sit in rooms with the people who have eyes to see you
Stop chasing approval from those who will never approve of you
You won’t have to plead your case to the real ones
They will WANT to get you