I used to be unable to stop myself from explaining things. If I felt misunderstood, I would feel uneasy. I would immediately start explaining, 'No, that's not what I meant.' I thought it would help. Of course, it didn't. Now, if someone says 'elephants can fly,' I just say 'okay' and move on. I can't be bothered. Nobody convinces anyone anyway.

At some point, you realise that talking is often pointless. Every explanation wears you down a little more. As you try to form another sentence, it's as if something inside you is being drained away. Then one day you realise that keeping quiet isn't such a bad thing after all. In fact, it feels good. Sometimes it's not about backing off, it's just about saying, 'Whatever will be, will be.' This is a world where everyone lives with their own truths and their own mistakes. Some people's elephants fly, some people's walls whisper. Let it be.

The word 'okay' actually says a lot. Sometimes it's not about accepting, but giving up. Giving up on struggling, explaining, telling. Because at some point, a person gets exhausted. Not the body, but the inside gets tired. From trying to understand, from managing, from trying to be right. You look, and silence has become your strongest refuge. You don't answer anymore. You just listen. Perhaps for the first time, you truly listen.

Perhaps this is what growing up is. Losing the desire to fix everything. Keeping certain sentences inside. You say, let everyone live their own story. If the elephant flies, let it fly. Let those who don't believe it fly think so. What's it to you?

A cup of tea, some music, a little light by the window. That's enough. I no longer wish to prove anything to anyone. I no longer have any desire to save the world. A little peace inside me is enough for me. Saying 'okay' isn't always giving up. Sometimes it's just a quiet peace.

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