Leo

The promises you made when you felt most exposed carry a weight that shifts as your circumstances change, but the weight never disappears. What felt like a vow to protect yourself becomes something you perform for others who are watching to see if you mean what you said. You find yourself keeping the promise not because you still need its protection, but because breaking it would require admitting that the person who made it no longer exists in quite the same way. The hardest promises to release are the ones that made you feel powerful when everything else felt uncertain.