That is not love.

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If they truly love and care for you, your happiness will be more important to them than your conformity to their preferences and expectations.

Stop living for the approval of those whose primary interest is not your happiness and bliss.

Recognize that they value your conformity
more than your happiness.
That is not love or care;
it is control, or worse, jealousy and hate.

Do not respond with hatred or contempt.

Instead, break free from the unhealthy attachment and sense of obligation that give them power over you.

You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free!

Your fulfillment and peace come from living your purpose and pursuing your own happiness.

Be free to skip ahead in pursuit of your joy,
to fall and rise,
to fail and succeed,
to cry and laugh
– all on your own terms,
in your own time,
and in your own way.

Ultimately, your pursuit of happiness will lead you to discover that you’ve always had what you sought. This discovery must be made on your own terms, not through the control or approval of another.

Them, They, and Another could be friends, family, partners, spouses, or even your own thoughts, beliefs, and fears. Only God is good. Let God be true and every man a liar. He/She that has an ear to hear, let him/her hear.