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22/02/2026
There comes a point where you stop explaining.
Not out of frustration. Not out of indifference.
But out of understanding.
You realise that not everyone is meant to see things the way you do. And more importantly, they don’t need to.
For a long time, we try to make others understand — our choices, our silences, our changes.
We search for the right words, the right tone, the right moment.
And sometimes, even after all that, nothing changes.
That’s when something shifts within you.
You begin to choose your energy more carefully.
You speak when it feels right. You remain silent when it doesn’t.
Not as a defence.
But as a form of clarity.
There is a certain peace in not needing validation.
In not needing agreement.
In simply being okay with your own direction.
It doesn’t make you distant.
It makes you settled.
Release the day without the need to be understood by everyone.
Rajat Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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