What was Your Biggest Mistake, and What Did it Cost You? - The Bare Minimum I Called Love

My biggest mistake was not cruelty.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDs8sDbt4x
It was not anger.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeHidrUMle
It was not closing doors too soon.

My biggest mistake was a heart too open,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2QC8BArGl
a heart too soft,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlJHbyEXRh
a heart too eager to forgive.

I let myself be used.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tFr4Q9Exm
I let myself be manipulated.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB5QDRrEmP
I let myself be loved with scraps415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiFdmEJqKC
and still I bowed my head in gratitude.

They handed me crumbs415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbyRbLp76D
and I built a feast.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZZaQsLo3e
They handed me silence415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LaShKHiSC
and I composed lullabies.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FBBSdpzWa
They handed me absence415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXkhOYbox6
and I called it presence.

That is what a forgiving heart does—415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgxeIdKbl1
it turns emptiness into something that looks like love,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sdYXjMdoN
even when it starves you from the inside.

I wore my forgiveness like a crown.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscoaI7TMb3
But a crown of thorns still bleeds.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEQE8C1Ubg
And I bled quietly.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdq5jed8o3
I bled beautifully.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIimccRiUK
I bled in a way that looked like loyalty415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAffS1Sfrep
but was really surrender.

The bare minimum is a dangerous thing.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9h9ynHwthd
It is a half-light that blinds you.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aVtGO6WPV
It is a half-truth that convinces you it is whole.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG1LOjmuzQ
It is a cup of water that keeps you thirsty,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bSkK1mVTM
but thirsty enough to keep drinking.

They loved me when it was easy.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aC6lpjHK9
They loved me when it was convenient.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGng8mIj3Q
They loved me just enough415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSUurKwLMv
to keep me waiting for more.

And I stayed.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5bTmw3Xl8
Oh, how I stayed.

I stayed like a lighthouse,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ235AxlsLBY
burning every night415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQ8a59mcPa
for ships that never docked.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJMA6itp8B
I stayed like a garden,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGDNpl7PTo
pouring rain over soil415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo7hDfG8El
where no seeds were planted.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82lHI6TKuC
I stayed like a prayer,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz3yCBEhgR
whispered into empty rooms415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJwWohQG0V
that only echoed back my own voice.

Because my heart is forgiving.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pPfUkeRgv
Too forgiving.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsS6RnQbqpA
So forgiving it forgot itself.

I believed their excuses.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jXSHsfTta
I swallowed their half-promises.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTKKhC1YSM
I wore their lies like jewelry415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSjrkvWN5K
and called them gifts.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNyOEcCKgF
I let their silence become my language.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzIeDXftep
I let their absence become my home.

And still, I said it was love.

But love is not manipulation.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlGLgeO961
Love is not convenience.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcmIlMwbcI
Love is not a bare minimum you dress up as gold.

Love is effort.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VGuEkgofs
Love is presence.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ674z5cQYzz
Love is showing up even when it is hard,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPQGfpqG11
especially when it is hard.

My mistake was thinking415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgU8cOkSPU
that if I just forgave enough,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVlkkRzVPW
they would learn how to love.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiYhsejXvi
That if I just gave enough,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqusoC9uDtg
they would remember how to give.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmXtp5X9V1
That if I just endured enough,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacm255AlWh
they would finally see me.

But love is not a classroom.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhhodl6qbG
Pain is not a lesson plan.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2aUnETuS6
And I was not their teacher.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cOjqNbGEm
I was their sacrifice.

Yet even mistakes carry mirrors.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwICI4jcNlN
And when the mirror cracked,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNa4TjeBPgr
I saw myself clearly.

I saw the hollowness I had ignored.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa6Fc3eDGa
I saw the hunger I had silenced.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8hpqCm697
I saw the beauty of a heart415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdihA3WmWmv
that could forgive endlessly,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd0PWA8PBP
but also the tragedy of a heart415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouQ6i7uDEF
that mistook forgiveness for worth.

So yes, I was used.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLWP1KMfGE
Yes, I was manipulated.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcqGqYhxLB
Yes, I accepted the bare minimum415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTEQ3eGBOp
and called it devotion.

But I will not stay there.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix9hj2rDkS
I will not keep bowing to empty altars.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwEZJS6Had
I will not keep mistaking ashes for fire.

I am learning.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5scGxXbIi
I am learning that forgiveness does not mean staying.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rt9gQbdHv
I am learning that kindness does not mean erasure.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsuasPwodv
I am learning that love should not leave you starving415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt63uY3KUw
while you serve a feast.

So my greatest mistake415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxZdqrLsaj
was allowing the bare minimum415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1078Zshgh5
to wear the mask of love.

But my greatest triumph415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e5oz9qina
is that I finally took off the mask.

Now I carry my heart differently.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsei4ZvVwP
Not as an offering for those who only take,415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSLHNQYjNq
but as a treasure for those who know how to keep it.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S8cBnk2No
I carry my heart as a flame415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcMIL5mocO
that does not burn itself out415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1Q7zOwvtt
just to prove it is warm.

Because I know now415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVk91ZLmA7
that my love was never the mistake.415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNFxqhMiPr
My mistake was giving it to those415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kTjtYnIf8
who never deserved to hold it.

And that mistake415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWguINSjNK
that wound, that lesson, that mirror415Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpjmtu3Dq8
has become my awakening.

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