Quiet Lessons of Growing Up

You don’t realize it at first, but one day you wake up and notice that things don’t

feel the same anymore. The excitement fades, not because life got worse, but because you’ve

seen enough to know how fragile good moments are. That’s one of the sad facts people

don’t talk about—growing up doesn’t always make you happier, it just makes you quieter.

Another sad fact is that the people who understand you the most aren’t always the ones

who stay. Not because they don’t care, but because life changes people,

and sometimes caring isn’t enough to keep them close. You learn to stop asking why and start

accepting silence as an answer. Being strong doesn’t mean you’re okay. It just means you