Sometimes, you find yourself in moments where you need more support from those around you.
You hope your friends or family will reach out — but your phone stays silent.
Not a single person in the whole wide world seems eager to talk to you.
No one seems to wonder how you’re doing.
It’s easy to feel disappointed by other people’s behavior.
But stop right there — who ever promised you anything?
If you choose to dig yourself into the bottomless pit of disappointment, I promise you’ll find even
worse enemies lurking at the bottom.
Cynicism and bitterness are just two of the traps waiting in the dark.
And you have no use for them.
Add comparison, envy, or suspicion to the mix, and suddenly life starts to feel unbearably heavy.
Yes, maybe someone close to you — a friend, family member, or coworker — turned their back on
you when you needed them most.
But remember this: most of the time, people aren’t doing things to you —
They’re just doing the best they can to survive.
Often, that best doesn’t look like enough.
Most people’s lives are bursting with their own musts and have-to-dos,
and you might simply not cross their mind.
And if something dramatic or painful has happened in your life?
It can make it even harder for others to reach out.
They hesitate. They don’t know what to say.
It feels easier to wait… or to say nothing at all.
Maybe your cries for help weren’t loud or clear enough.
Maybe you’re a true survivor — the kind of person who handles everything alone.
What if your silence looks like strength to others?
What if your withdrawal is being read as “don’t disturb me”?
Even this time, the responsibility may fall on you.
You can choose to make yourself heard.
To reconnect.
To explain what you need.
Or…
You can choose to dwell on thoughts of isolation and not being enough.
This is one of life’s big challenges:
To cultivate self-knowledge and self-confidence.
To journey inward and know that you are strong and resourceful enough
to handle whatever life throws at you —
Even when it’s just the silence of a phone that doesn’t ring.