The Empty Cup

🌸 Sip Journal

Title: The Empty Cup
Posted: August 17, 2025

Personal truth:

The girl who once loved freely,
heart wide open,
in love with love itself—
she has changed.

In her place is a hollow heart,
depleted and scared.
A heart stitched together
but far from healed.

In her place is a wall.
Forty feet tall,
wrapping not only around her heart,
but her entire being.

A wall that keeps people at a distance.
A wall that won’t let anyone too close.

It is sad, isn’t it?
How long healing takes.
How long it takes to come back.

It’s sad carrying the thought
that maybe love isn’t worth it anymore.
That maybe connection
is better kept at the level of friendship.

Because deeper feels fake.
Unbalanced.
Harmful.

So for now—
the focus is self-love.
It may look like selfishness,
but it comes after a lifetime
of giving everything away to partners.

This isn’t depression.
This is honesty.
The highs matter.
But the lows matter too.

Especially now,
in the crossroads of confusion.

It’s not that I want to push people away.
It’s just that my love feels limited.
My supply is small.
Easily exhausted.

So is it wrong?
To want to guard my heart?
To nurture myself and my littles first?

No.
Because you cannot pour
from an empty cup.

✨ Sip of Truth: Guarding your heart isn’t selfish—it’s sacred. You can’t give love away until you’ve poured it back into yourself.