The Problem With Always Being the Reliable One

The people who genuinely care about you are unlikely to stop valuing you because you're struggling. If anything, allowing yourself to be seen more honestly often creates deeper and more authentic relationships. People don't connect with us because we're endlessly capable. They connect with us because we're human.

Maybe the goal isn't to stop being reliable. Maybe the goal is to stop believing that reliability is the only thing that makes you worthy.

To know that you can still be respected when you need rest.

Still be loved when you need support. Still be enough when you cannot carry quite so much.

Because your value was never meant to be measured by the weight you can hold, and perhaps that's something the reliable ones need to hear most.