Three Things That Can Not Be Hidden

 There’s a saying I heard recently that struck something deep within me: “Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

For so long, I lived in a way that went against my own inner knowing. I silenced my intuition, softened my boundaries, and convinced myself that sacrificing my peace for someone else’s happiness was an act of love. It wasn’t. It was self-abandonment disguised as compassion. Every time I ignored that small voice within me, I created ripples of turmoil that carried me further away from who I really was.

I can look back over the past decade and see all the times I compromised myself, all the moments I made excuses for others and dimmed my own light, not to keep the peace but so that they could shine. I thought love meant endurance. I thought loyalty was just another act of love. But the truth, that ever-persistent and unhideable truth, was waiting for me to finally stop resisting it.

I heard someone describe temptation and emotional attachment as “the water.” We see it shimmering and think it will soothe us, even though we know it may not be good for us. The moment we touch it, it ripples outward, and with every ripple we stay trapped in the same cycle of pain. Staying true to ourselves means resisting that pull and standing firmly in our own integrity instead of reaching for what repeatedly hurts us.

The truth, like the sun and the moon, always reveals itself. We can try to ignore it, but it will rise again and again until we finally face it. My heart, with this person, was pure. My intentions came from a place of love I had never fully known before. Even though I lost pieces of myself along the way, I also found strength, depth, and wisdom I didn’t know I had.

I have learned how to love fully, not just others but myself. I have learned that letting go is not cruelty; it is an act of grace. People come and go, just as experiences do, to help us grow and evolve. When we stop chasing what is gone and start trusting what is real, we finally find peace.

So I hold my head high, knowing that I followed the hardest and most beautiful path of all, the one that led me back to my own truth. And like the sun and the moon, it cannot be hidden.