Stop Performing for People Who Are Not Watching

Here is something that hurts to admit.

Sometimes, the person you are trying so hard to impress just does not care.

Not because you are not good enough.
Not because you need to try harder.
They just do not feel the same way.

We tell ourselves that if we do more, achieve more, look better, or act better, they will finally notice. We think one more effort will change everything.

But you cannot force someone to value you.

If you are always the one texting first, always explaining yourself, always trying to prove your worth, that is not love or friendship. That is chasing approval.

The right people do not need to be convinced to care. They show it in small, steady ways.

At some point, you have to stop asking how to make them see you and start asking why you are fighting so hard to be seen by someone who is not looking.

Sometimes walking away is not giving up.

It is choosing yourself.