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Honoring Tend/Befriend

Maybe you weren’t being “too nice.”
Maybe you were surviving —
calming others to stay safe,
making peace to avoid harm.

Tend / Befriend isn’t weakness.
It’s wisdom from a nervous system

that learned:
connection can protect you.

But now, you get to ask:
What if that tenderness
could include you too?

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