**This season of my life feels lonely.** Not because I’m alone. I have a mother who prays for me when I can’t pray for myself. Friends who answer the phone when I’m falling apart. People who love me deeply. But there’s a different kind of loneliness no one talks about. It’s realizing you kept pouring your heart into people who were only passing through your life. At the time, they looked like forever. They sounded sincere. They felt safe. Until they proved they weren’t. For a while, I thought that made me foolish. Now I see something different. Every person who left taught me a boundary. Every disappointment made me stronger. Every heartbreak left me wiser than I was before. My life has not gone according to *my* plan. And honestly, that has been the hardest part to accept. But maybe God was protecting me from a life I would have begged for and later regretted. So I’m choosing hope. I’m choosing to believe that this lonely season is not a punishment. It’s preparation. One day, the love, peace, and purpose meant for me will arrive. And when it does, I’ll understand why God asked me to let so many things go first. - @idhuvumkadandhupogum