@kazani
Silence can keep the peace for a day.
It can quietly collect misunderstandings for years.
I used to think kindness meant softening every difficult truth until nobody felt uncomfortable. Mostly, it meant nobody knew where they stood.
The people I've trusted most were never the smoothest.
They were forthright.
Their honesty occasionally stung, but it never left me guessing. There's a strange comfort in knowing someone values clarity more than approval.
Some relationships survive because people avoid hard conversations.
The strongest ones survive because they have them.