09/08/2026
Will you be disappointed in me?
That’s the question that crosses your mind right before you make a choice for your own life. It doesn’t just cross your mind, it takes over. Your will, your thoughts, your desires start to feel small under the weight of it, because somehow their presence is still standing right in the middle of your decision. You care so much about what they think, not because you’re weak, but because you love them. You care what it will do to them, how it will make them feel.
So you wait. You hold back. You hesitate. You carry the weight of their possible disappointment before it’s even happened, and call it love.
And at some point in life, you realize this life isn’t even yours anymore. It’s not about you. It hasn’t been about you for a while.
But at the end of the day, you only get one life.
So maybe it’s time to start asking yourself a different question: will you be disappointed in you, if you don’t choose to do the thing you’re supposed to do?