Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter

Can You Be With What Is EVEN When It’s Not What You Wanted?

Radical acceptance. Heartbreak. Transcendence in the mess.

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Raphaël Reiter
Aug 03, 2025
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There will be days

when the road turns sharply

and no amount of effort, planning, or prayer

will bend life back into your expectations.

The thing you loved… ends.

The plan you believed in… unravels.

The version of you that was once so sure… cracks.

And in that breaking,

you’re left with a single question:

Can you be with what is—even when it’s not what you wante…

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