What if the discomfort you feel in relationship is a doorway to liberation? Isolation isn’t the same as freedom. Aloneness can be sacred— a sign of sovereignty and inner steadiness But in excess, it can also mask deep-seated fears of intimacy, of being seen, of losing control True freedom is being able to stay with yourself  even in the arms of another To remain unhooked from old stories  of abandonment, control, or not being enough To breathe in closeness without collaps