A wise friend of mine once told me something I’ve never forgotten. Gisele, he said, you have to give people the dignity of their own process. I think about those words a lot. At the same time, it was my choice whether or not to keep someone in my life. The decision didn’t mean I didn’t love that person either. It meant only that I needed to love myself first and surround myself with only those things that would nourish me and those people whom I could trust.
