When the Floor Finally Gave Way

We talk about those moments when everything drops away and there is no role left to hide inside, no image to protect, no story to keep repeating, and it feels brutal at first because we are left sitting with the results of our own choices and the weight of what was avoided. Somewhere in that emptiness we notice something unexpected happening inside us, because with nothing to defend we stop pretending and start paying attention to what actually matters. We begin to feel how much energy was wasted keeping things together that were never meant to last, and how light…