When should you stop trying to make a relationship work and let it go?

This is the question Mirabai kept returning to—the difference between devoted love and devoted denial. There's a threshold, and it's not the same for everyone. Let go when you're the only one reaching. When forgiveness has become a one-way street and you're forgiving the same betrayal over and over. When staying requires you to shrink yourself so small that you don't recognize your own reflection. When you realize you're more committed to the idea of them than to who they actually are. But here's what makes it hard: love doesn't have an expiration date. You can love someone genuinely and still need to walk away. Those two things don't cancel each other out. Mirabai loved God with a devotion that was absolute, but she also demanded freedom. She knew that sometimes love means saying no. Let go when the relationship becomes a prison instead of a sanctuary. When you're apologizing for things you didn't do, or doing things you said you wouldn't. When your chest feels tight more often than it feels open. The examined heart knows the difference between fighting for something and fighting against yourself. That knowing is your answer. Trust it even when it's painful. Especially then. Letting go isn't failure. It's clarity.