What We Refuse to See
I’ve noticed something about us.
We are incredibly skilled at seeing what we want
and overlooking what we don’t.
We call it optimism.
We call it grace.
Sometimes we even call it wisdom.
But often, it’s denial.
If you sit with this for a moment,
there’s probably something
or someone
you’ve been avoiding seeing clearly.
Most of us have more than one.
A truth that would disrupt our comfort.
A pattern we keep defending.
A relationship we keep rationalizing.
A conversation we keep postponing.
Denial doesn’t announce itself.
It hides in the shadows.
It offers just enough reassurance to keep us still.
Clarity, on the other hand, costs something.
It asks us to face what we already sense is true.
It doesn’t promise an easy next step.
It only promises an honest one.
And honesty is where change begins.
I’m learning this the hard way.
What I refuse to see doesn’t disappear.
It waits.
Until the cost of denial becomes greater than the cost of truth.
Some truths only come into view when we stop looking away.
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