A cotton rope

A cotton rope that's been tied— once you try to untie it, everything becomes difficult. It's just like life. As you grow older, things get harder. Like that rope, you struggle to untangle it. You don’t know where to start, and you feel lost, trying to figure out how to undo the knots. Still, you keep trying— even if sometimes you give up for a moment, telling yourself you can’t do it anymore, because you’re tired of always searching for a way. But somehow, despite everything, you manage to find a way to loosen the knots, little by little— on your own. Not because you didn’t need help, but because you were too afraid to ask… afraid no one would actually help if you did. Not all the knots are gone, but at least now, they’re not strangling you.