Justice or Karma?

Someone I care about recently shared something that’s been weighing on my heart. She’s been married for more than twenty years - a lifetime of shared memories, ups and downs, and all the quiet sacrifices that long relationships demand. 

But behind closed doors, she carried a pain no one could see. She said no many times, but her words weren’t heard. What should have been moments of closeness became moments of fear and silence. She told me that even after she confided her deepest trauma, the person she trusted most still did things that reopened those wounds, as if her pain didn’t matter. 

Now she’s torn. Part of her wants to let it go, to forgive, to let karma and time decide what’s fair. But another part wonders, what if staying silent only continues the pattern? What if her truth could one day protect someone else from the same pain? 

It made me think how easily we overlook the quiet suffering that can exist inside a “normal” marriage. How often people carry trauma alone because they fear judgment, shame, or disbelief. 

To anyone who’s ever felt trapped between forgiveness and justice; I see you. You deserve peace, safety, and a life where no always means no. 💔💫