I knew I healed when I chose peace over revenge. Distance over disrespect. Loneliness over pleasure. And emptiness over pain. There was a time in my life when I believed there wasn't a man on earth who could hurt me without me giving it back tenfold. I wore that like armor. But this time I did something different. I stepped back. And in that space, life handled what I never needed to. Far better than I ever could. What healed me wasn't winning arguments or proving points. It