I shared a video yesterday that I agree with. I am going to share it again because it bears repeating.
You can’t fix stupid. You can’t heal toxic. Loving people harder doesn’t make them love you back. Over-explaining yourself doesn’t mean you will be understood. The day you realize this you will be free.
We can’t fix other people. People have to want to change and until they are ready to change, they will make the worst decisions that hurt themselves and others. I have tried to love many people who didn’t love me back in the past. Explaining myself never got me anywhere with anyone.
So we know what to do. When people are stupid, toxic or unwilling to love we have to let them go. We have to not explain ourselves because the people who are at our level don’t need an explanation.