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We Don’t Always Need Closure; Sometimes We Need Acceptance:

Learning to Live with Unanswered Questions.

There comes a point in life when we become tired of looking for answers. Not because our questions have disappeared, but because we have finally realised that some questions may never receive the answers we deserve.

We spend so much of our lives trying to understand things. Why did someone leave without explaining? Why did a friendship slowly become a collection of forgotten conversations? Why did a person who once promised to stay become a stranger? Why did something we worked so hard for fail to become what we had imagined?

And perhaps the most difficult question of all: Why did things have to happen that way?

We ask these questions repeatedly, sometimes in the middle of a busy afternoon, sometimes while travelling, and sometimes during those quiet hours when the world has gone to sleep but our minds refuse to cooperate.

We want explanations. We want reasons. We want conversations that never happened and apologies that never arrived. Somewhere deep inside, we believe that if we could just understand what happened, we would finally be able to move forward.

But what if understanding is not always necessary to move forward?

What if some chapters are meant to remain unfinished?

### The Beautiful Illusion of Closure

We have grown accustomed to the idea that every story needs a proper ending. Movies give us…

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Bidisha Mishra
Bidisha Mishra

Written by Bidisha Mishra

Bidisha Mishra, an educator, writer, and curious observer of life, blends intellect with imagination, humour with wisdom, and questions with quiet reflection.

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