Inspiring Change Every Day with Grace
From Better to Bitter
Some people would rather endure the weight of half-hearted love than face the silence of an empty room. Not because they don’t know what they deserve but because they’d prefer anything else to loneliness.
You can know deep down that this person isn’t your person, yet something in you clings, hoping that companionship, even in fragments, is better than none at all.
You tell yourself you’re being realistic. You overlook the way your voice goes unheard, how your needs sit at the bottom of their priorities. You downplay the disrespect, the emotional absence, the subtle criticisms. Not because you enjoy the pain, but because you’re tired of being alone.
You want someone to check in on you, to share meals with, to call home after a long day. And so, you convince yourself that this ‘almost love’ might eventually turn into enough.
This temptation is pretty common. Especially for those desperately desiring marriage or companionship. We fear becoming the last one left, scrolling through engagement photos and wedding reels, wondering if love has forgotten us.
And that fear has a way of making us lower our standards. That’s a temptation with long-term impacts. What makes this struggle harder is that settling doesn’t always feel wrong at first. It can look like comfort, familiarity, even routine affection. But in time, the truth surfaces.
You start to feel small in spaces you were meant to bloom. You hear your laughter fade. You feel your spirit shrink, and suddenly, being with someone starts to feel lonelier than being alone ever did.
Choosing not to settle for less is about respecting yourself enough not to betray your values. It’s choosing to believe that being alone for a season is better than being stuck in a connection that drains you. That space you fear might just be where you find yourself again.
The irony? When you stop clinging to the wrong ones out of fear, you begin to create space for the right ones to find you. But even if they don’t show up right away, you’re no longer living half a life waiting for someone to complete it. You’re learning to be whole on your own.
If you’ve ever had to walk away from something that wasn’t enough, even when it looked like “something” you truly know the ache and the courage that decision demands.
But trust this, it is better to choose your safe space than to fall into the temptation of settling for less. You don’t have to move from better to bitter, you move from better to best, and if it demands that you wait, then my dear, wait in preparation.
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