Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.

Shannon A. Thompson
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Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better. When you are hurting someone else, the best thing you can do is to get away from them. However, if you hurt yourself in order to avoid hurting another person, that’s not love. That’s avoidance.

It’s a selfish act that doesn’t benefit anyone except the person who does it. If you really love someone, then you will want to be there for them no matter what.

Source: Death Before Daylight

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