Welcome back to Infinite Threads. I’m your host, Bob.

Sometimes love feels far away.Sometimes it feels like we missed it…Or it missed us.

But there is a kind of love that waits.A love that never gave up on you.Even when you gave up on yourself.Even when you wandered.Even when you were angry, lost, distant, or unsure.That love never left the room.

That’s the thread we’re picking up today.

This is Episode 232: The Love That Waited for You.

Sometimes life feels like a long hallway of closed doors.So many missed chances.So many things we didn’t say…or didn’t know how to say until it was too late.

But love doesn’t count time the way we do.Love doesn’t lock the doors.

Maybe the version of you back then couldn’t receive it.Maybe you were still surviving, still learning, still trying to understand what love even was.

That doesn’t mean you failed.

It just means you’re human.

And love…real love…waits patiently for the door to open.

It doesn’t demand.It doesn’t accuse.It doesn’t punish you for not being ready.

It just… waits.Still.Steady.Sure.

Imagine this:

You finally go back.Back to that person, or that place, or that version of love you once turned away from.

You knock quietly…unsure if you’ll be welcomed.Expecting maybe anger, or coldness, or “too late.”

But the door swings open before you can finish knocking.And on the other side is warmth.Arms open.Eyes soft.No “why did you take so long?”Just:“I’m glad you’re here now.”

That’s what real love does.

And it’s not just something you find in another person.

It’s something that lives in you, too.That warmth.That grace.That deep exhale that says,“It’s okay now. You’re home.”

There’s another side to this.

Maybe you’ve been the one waiting.Waiting for someone to see you.To return.To soften.To come back to the love you offered with open hands.

It hurts.It’s lonely.It’s hard not to grow bitter or give up.

But if you can hold that space…If you can stay soft without losing your strength…You become a kind of lighthouse.Not chasing ships.Not demanding they arrive on your schedule.Just shining.

Even in the dark.Even when the water is rough.

That is sacred work.And it matters more than you know.

Sometimes, the person you’re waiting for is yourself.

When love circles back, it’s not about pretending nothing happened.

It’s not a reheated meal or a staged scene.

It’s something new that honors what was.

Real healing doesn’t mean we forget the pain.It means we stop using the pain to push love away.

The reunion is not perfect.It doesn’t have to be.

It just needs to be honest.Tender.Open.

And maybe, finally, safe.

That’s what love does.It transforms pain into presence.And it meets us here.Now.Exactly as we are.

So if you’ve been wondering if it’s too late…If you missed your chance…If you’re unworthy of a second beginning…

Let me say this clearly:

Love didn’t leave.

Love waited.

It waited through your silence.Through your tears.Through your anger, your fear, your mess.It waited without judgment.Without pressure.

And now that you’re here—really here—it says,“Welcome home.”

You’re not broken.You’re not too late.You’re just in time.

And the thread that never let go?It’s still holding you.

Always has been.

Thanks for listening to Infinite Threads.If this episode reached you, let it rest in your heart a little longer.

And remember…The thread of love is never severed.Even if we feel lost,Even if we let go,Love remains.

And sometimes… it waits.

Until we return.

Until next time—choose love.

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