Things had been getting nasty for a while.
It wasn’t a surprise — not for either of us.
We’d talked about this happening before we even began this journey.
We even talked about how, while it sounded clear right now, when it happened — when the moment came — you simply would not recognize it.
And here we are.
Some people, some coaches, would fire you.
End the relationship!
That would even feel powerful.
(For a while)
It would feel righteous too — and I like feeling that way.
(For a while)
But all I would really be doing is playing in to the exact same pattern that everyone else does.
And that’s not what you and I committed to when we set off.
So instead I stay.
It hurts being this close to someone hurting so much.
But I stay, and I continue to love you, long after everyone else would have stopped.
It’s not their fault.
It’s not yours either.
It’s just your pattern playing out.
Am I am the last thing standing for you and your breakthrough.
I hold the space for the highest part of you.
The part I can see when no one else can — not even you.
And I remember that part for you.