Preference or Contract?
- Kama Mich
- Aug 1
- 1 min read
Loving something doesn’t mean you’re trapped by it.
A home you adore. A favourite shirt. A lifestyle that feels good to you.
These aren’t “challenges” on their own.
They become a “challenge” — a contract — when your sense of safety, worth, or freedom depends on keeping them.
A contract feels like:
“If this disappears, I’ll lose myself. I’ll do whatever it takes to hold on, even if it drains me.”
A preference feels like:
“I love this. I choose this. And if it ever goes, I’ll feel the loss, but I won’t lose myself. I can choose again.”
Real freedom isn’t about stripping life bare and owning nothing.
It’s about knowing you’re whole — with or without the things you love — and letting what stays, stay because it belongs, not because you’re gripping it out of fear.
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