@kimhardiman1: Some people don’t misunderstand you because you haven’t explained yourself well enough. They misunderstand you because the version they’ve created of you protects their story. If they admitted your heart, they’d have to question their assumptions, their actions, or even themselves. So they keep you in a role that makes them comfortable—the villain, the problem, the difficult one. Stop exhausting yourself trying to convince people who have already decided who you are. The people who genuinely want to know your heart will ask questions. The people who don’t… will collect evidence