Sometimes the thing hurting us the most isn't what happened. It's what we continue to carry. We hold onto the disappointment. The betrayal. The anger. The things someone said to us. The things they did to us. The apology we never received. The relationship that ended. The opportunity we lost. The moment we wish we could go back and change. And without realizing it, we give that pain permission to keep living in our lives long after the situation itself is over. When you hold