The road has no end

 They are slowly drifting away from your life, which means someone else is gradually entering theirs.
  
 You are slowly leaving their heart, which means someone else is gradually settling in there.
  
 They are slowly forgetting to text you, call you back, or check on you, which means their texts, calls, and care are increasing at the same rate for someone else.
  
 No one in this world is too busy to check on anyone. Busyness is just a popular excuse. The truth is, giving someone time requires both reason and desire.
  
 The person who can't even find time to say "I'm busy" to you—that same person might be so occupied giving time to someone else that they have no time left for you. People do make time, but not for everyone.
  
 Everything in this world depends on priorities. Even the word "busyness" rises and falls according to priority list rankings. The lower you sink on their priority list, the busier they become. And the higher you are on their priority list, the less busy they seem. Busyness simply means leisure for someone special.
  
 If you're their priority, they'll somehow manage to carve out quality time for you even from the crushing depths of the ocean floor. But without that priority, they won't have a moment to spare for you even while lying flat on their back at a crossroads, soaking up the sun.
  
 When someone is busy, it means they're busy for you.
  
 When someone doesn't see your texts or sees them but doesn't reply, it means they have no reason left to respond, or their reasons have run out.
  
 When someone completely ignores your problems, it means your troubles don't touch them at all.
  
 When someone doesn't want to meet you, it means your intense desire to see them holds no value for them whatsoever.
  
 When someone has blocked your number, your profile, your WhatsApp—everything—it means they don't want to spend even a second on your presence.
  
 Yes, even the busiest person in this world keeps some time aside for someone dear or necessary, wants desperately to give them that time. If you investigate, you'll discover that the person showing you such busyness is actually sleeping with their eyes wide open.
  
 When someone has the will, even with little time on their hands, they'll give you that little beautifully. But without the will, even with abundant time, you won't get the slightest fraction of it. Learn to understand this simple truth. Keep all your emotions tucked in your own pocket; there's no room left in theirs.
  
 Let those who want to leave, leave. You can never hold onto someone who doesn't want to be caught by your hand. When someone is voluntarily stepping away bit by bit, don't become a supplicant yourself—take their hand, show them the exit route, and start walking down a different path yourself.
  
 There are many paths, if you learn to search properly. Remember, all paths are just paths, not life itself.
  
 Once you've vanished from someone's heart, you can't bind them anymore with appeals to relationships, promises, or memories. You can tie up cattle and goats, even tie up a fierce tiger, but you can never tie up a human heart.
  
 You cannot extract love or loyalty from someone against their heart's will—at best you can extract servitude or acting. Once a heart lifts away, it can never be bound by anything again, never be held back by any force.