26th May 2026
Dear precious angel,
How often do we do the thing our heart never wanted? How often do we say yes—not because we mean it, but because we are afraid of the small sorrow we might cause someone else? We swallow our own no and serve a borrowed yes, warm on the surface, cold within. We accept what we wish to reject. We protect others from discomfort by piercing our own chest with a quiet, familiar pinch.
Is this emotional weakness? Or is it kindness wearing a tired face? Perhaps it does not matter what we name it. What matters is this: we must stop allowing ourselves to do what our heart truly says no to. Because a yes that betrays your own heart is not a yes at all. It is a contract written in regret. And more often than not, it brings disappointment—sometimes financial loss, sometimes the slow erosion of trust in yourself. So, listen. Truly listen before you commit against your own voice.
There are also those moments when we do what feels wrong only to prove something to someone. We bend to avoid being seen as wrong. We twist to be believed. But here is a quiet truth worth carving into memory: if you are not wrong, you do not need to bleed to prove your innocence. If your intentions are moral and your path is right, you owe no one a performance of your honesty. Do not let things happen that your heart refuses. Do not accept what your inner voice forbids.
I learned this again recently. I wanted a certain work of mine to unfold in a particular way. But I allowed it to move against my will. I did it to make someone comfortable. Someone happy. I bent. I gave. I tried my hardest to walk a path I had never chosen for myself. And what did it earn me? Endless justification. Explanation after explanation. Argument after argument. Quarrel after quarrel. Until finally—mercifully—I stopped. I stopped saying yes to the person who demanded my work be done in a way my heart had already refused. The reasons given were contradictory. Illogical. Heavy with force and light with truth. So, I walked away. I detached myself. And I am learning this: when your heart says no, listen. Not because you are hard. But because you are precious. Because your own heart—your own precious heart—will never forgive you for betraying it in order to please someone who would not do the same for you. At least this way, you will not regret. At least you will know: you listened to the only voice that will stay with you until the very end.
Your gem, Vivek Prasad
