What If Silence Is the Reason We Lose People Forever ?
Silence is strange. It feels safe. It feels controlled. It feels like doing nothing is better than saying the wrong thing. But silence has consequences. I learned this the hard way. There was a time when replying felt unnecessary. Calling felt awkward. Explaining felt exhausting. So I chose silence. Not because I didn’t care — but because I thought there would be time later. Days turned into weeks. Weeks into months. Life stayed busy. Notifications kept coming. And silence quietly became a habit. Until one day, I realized something painful. The messages stopped. The calls stopped. And so did the chance to fix things. That’s when it hit me — silence doesn’t pause relationships. It slowly ends them. We often believe that if something truly matters, it will wait. But people don’t always wait. Not because they don’t care — but because they get tired of being the only ones trying. Silence teaches us a dangerous lesson: that comfort is better than courage. ...