Chapter 17

Key Scriptures: Proverbs 3:5–6; Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; Psalm 37:5–7; Matthew 6:25–34; Romans 12:17–21; Philippians 4:6–7; 1 Peter 5:6–7.

Central Truth

The freedom of letting go begins when you stop confusing responsibility with control and begin trusting God with the things that remain beyond your authority.

The Exhaustion of Trying to Change What Has Already Happened

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from trying to change something that is no longer within your control. It is the exhaustion of replaying a conversation because you wish you had said something differently, waiting for an apology from someone who may never offer one, hoping that a person will finally acknowledge the damage they caused, or attempting to make another human being understand a truth they have repeatedly refused to consider. You may spend hours thinking about what should have happened, what would have been fair, and what you would do if given another opportunity to make the situation right. Although these thoughts may begin with a legitimate desire for justice or understanding, they can gradually consume the attention and energy you need for the life that is still unfolding before you.

Betrayal often leaves people searching for control because the experience itself may have involved a painful loss of control. You trusted someone, and they made a decision that affected you without considering your well-being. You believed a relationship was secure, only to discover that the other person did not share the same commitment to honesty. Perhaps you worked hard to build something meaningful, only to watch someone damage it through carelessness, dishonesty, or deliberate wrongdoing. When an experience leaves you feeling powerless, it is understandable to search for a way to regain stability.

The difficulty begins when the search for stability turns into an attempt to control what belongs to someone else. You cannot make another person become honest, force them to acknowledge the truth, compel them to feel remorse, or guarantee that everyone will understand your side of a conflict. You may present evidence, communicate clearly, seek appropriate accountability, and establish boundaries, but the final choices of other people remain their own. When your peace depends on their willingness to make the choices you desire, you place your emotional well-being in the hands of someone whose decisions you cannot govern.

God has not called you to abandon responsibility or accept wrongdoing without response. There are times when you must speak, act, report misconduct, pursue justice, protect yourself, or make difficult decisions about a relationship. Letting go does not mean becoming passive in the face of harm. It means recognizing the difference between the responsibility God has placed before you and the outcome you cannot personally command.

You can do what is right without controlling how everyone responds to it. You can speak the truth without forcing every listener to agree. You can offer forgiveness without demanding that another person become the individual you hoped they would be. You can pursue justice while refusing to make revenge the purpose of your life. You can move forward even when the resolution you wanted never arrives.

The freedom of letting go begins when you stop confusing responsibility with control and begin trusting God with the things that remain beyond your authority.

The Difference Between Responsibility and Control

One of the most important lessons in spiritual maturity is learning to recognize what belongs to you and what does not. Your words, choices, conduct, boundaries, and willingness to act responsibly belong to your sphere of responsibility. Another person’s honesty, attitude, response, repentance, and willingness to change belong to that person’s responsibility. Although your actions may influence someone else, you cannot guarantee the decisions they will make.

This distinction sounds simple until you are dealing with someone whose choices have caused you significant pain. You may believe that if you explain the situation one more time, they will finally understand. You may think that if you find the perfect words, they will admit what they did. You may hope that if you demonstrate enough patience, kindness, or spiritual maturity, they will eventually treat you with the respect you deserve. There are situations in which honest communication and patience can help repair a relationship, but there are also situations in which no amount of explanation can substitute for another person’s willingness to take responsibility.

When you continue trying to produce a response that only another person can choose, you may begin neglecting the responsibilities that genuinely belong to you. You may spend so much time trying to convince someone of your worth that you stop investing in your own growth. You may become so focused on obtaining an apology that you postpone making decisions necessary for your well-being. You may keep returning to the same argument because you believe that accepting the limits of your influence would mean admitting defeat.

But acknowledging the limits of your control is not defeat. It is clarity.

You are responsible for telling the truth as accurately as you can, but you are not responsible for making everyone believe it. You are responsible for treating people with dignity, but you are not responsible for persuading everyone to treat you with dignity in return. You are responsible for examining your own conduct, apologizing when necessary, and correcting your mistakes, but you are not responsible for carrying the guilt of someone else’s choices.

This does not mean you should never revisit a conversation or attempt to resolve a misunderstanding. Healthy relationships require communication, patience, and a willingness to consider another person’s perspective. However, there is a difference between making a sincere effort to resolve a problem and repeatedly pursuing someone who has demonstrated that they are unwilling to participate in an honest resolution.

Proverbs 3:5–6 calls believers to trust in the Lord rather than relying exclusively on their own understanding, acknowledging Him in their ways and trusting Him to direct their paths. That instruction does not remove the need for thoughtful decisions. Instead, it reminds us that our understanding has limits and that we are not required to control every variable before we can take the next faithful step.

Ask yourself what responsibility belongs to you in the situation you are carrying. Perhaps there is a conversation you need to have, a boundary you need to establish, a decision you have delayed, or an apology you need to offer. Take responsibility for that part with honesty and courage. Then recognize where your responsibility ends, because freedom often begins when you stop attempting to carry what was never yours to control.

You Cannot Force Someone to Understand Your Pain

One of the deepest desires after betrayal is to be understood. You want the person who hurt you to recognize what their actions cost you, to understand why their words were damaging, and to acknowledge that the experience was not insignificant simply because they have moved on. You may long for the moment when they finally look at the situation honestly and say that they understand why you were hurt.

That desire is human. Being heard can help people process grief, restore a sense of dignity, and begin repairing relationships when both parties are willing to participate. There is nothing wrong with wanting your pain to be acknowledged. The danger arises when you begin believing that your experience cannot be validated until the person responsible agrees with your understanding of it.

Some people will listen and respond with genuine humility. Others will defend themselves, minimize the harm, change the subject, or insist that you are interpreting everything incorrectly. Some may understand more than they are willing to admit, while others may lack the willingness or capacity to examine their own conduct honestly. You cannot always know what is happening within another person’s heart, and you do not need to pretend that you do. What you can evaluate is how they respond to reasonable attempts at communication and whether continued engagement is producing understanding or merely repeating the same injury.

You can explain your experience clearly without making your entire future dependent on another person’s agreement. You can seek counsel from people who are trustworthy and fair. You can document what occurred when the situation requires a factual record. You can pursue formal channels when there are legitimate concerns involving misconduct, safety, employment, or other matters requiring accountability. These are appropriate actions that do not require you to abandon the hope of being understood.

Yet there may come a point when continuing to explain yourself becomes an attempt to obtain something that the other person is unwilling to give. At that point, you may need to recognize that your responsibility is to communicate truthfully, not to compel another person’s acceptance of the truth.

Jesus Himself encountered people who heard His words and still refused to receive them. Their refusal did not make the truth He spoke less true. Likewise, the fact that someone does not acknowledge your pain does not mean your experience has no significance. You do not need to exaggerate your suffering to make it count, and you do not need to secure the approval of the person who hurt you before you are permitted to begin healing.

Sometimes the hardest part of letting go is accepting that the conversation you need may never happen in the way you hoped. You may never receive the explanation you deserve, the apology you anticipated, or the acknowledgment that would help you understand the relationship differently. Grieving that absence is part of letting go, because you are not merely releasing an argument; you are releasing the expectation that another person will provide the ending you need.

Let your voice remain honest, but do not allow your life to become an endless appeal to someone who refuses to listen. Your pain deserves care even when the person who caused it never acknowledges its weight.

Surrender Is Not the Same as Passivity

There is a dangerous misunderstanding of surrender that suggests a spiritual person should remain silent, tolerate mistreatment, avoid conflict, and leave every harmful situation untouched because God will eventually make everything right. That is not a complete or responsible understanding of faith. Trusting God does not mean refusing to act when action is necessary. It means acting with integrity while recognizing that you are not the ultimate authority over every outcome.

If someone is harming you, surrender does not require you to remain accessible to that person. If a child or vulnerable person is at risk, surrender does not mean avoiding appropriate reporting. If a workplace, institution, or church has failed to address a legitimate concern, surrender does not mean abandoning every avenue of accountability. If you have been treated unlawfully, you may have good reason to seek qualified advice and pursue appropriate remedies. Prayer and practical action are not enemies, and the decision to seek help is not proof that you lack faith.

Surrender concerns the posture of your heart while you take responsible action. You can pursue justice without making personal revenge your purpose. You can confront wrongdoing without allowing hatred to govern your words. You can establish a firm boundary without seeking to humiliate the person who crossed it. You can step away from a harmful relationship while continuing to pray for wisdom concerning your own conduct and future.

Romans 12:17–21 teaches believers not to repay evil for evil and to overcome evil with good. This passage does not command people to pretend that wrongdoing is harmless. It challenges the impulse to imitate the very evil we oppose. It reminds us that the desire for justice must not become an excuse for personal vengeance or destructive conduct.

There is a difference between saying, “I will not allow this behavior to continue in my life,” and saying, “I will make you suffer until you understand what you have done.” The first establishes a boundary. The second attempts to control another person’s experience through punishment. There is a difference between reporting credible misconduct through the proper channels and spreading unverified accusations in an effort to destroy someone’s reputation. There is a difference between seeking a fair outcome and becoming consumed by the desire to see another person humiliated.

Letting go does not require you to abandon the pursuit of what is right. It requires you to examine why you are pursuing it and whether your methods remain consistent with the truth and character you profess.

You can take the next necessary step without knowing exactly how everything will end. You can speak when silence would enable harm, remain silent when speaking would merely feed an unnecessary argument, and seek assistance when a situation exceeds what you can reasonably manage alone. Surrender allows you to act responsibly without pretending that you possess the power to control every consequence.

The Burden of Waiting for an Apology

An apology can be meaningful. When it is sincere, it acknowledges harm, accepts responsibility, and opens the possibility of repair. In relationships where both people are willing to be honest, an apology can help rebuild understanding and establish a foundation for changed behavior. There is nothing wrong with hoping for that kind of accountability.

However, an apology becomes a burden when you begin postponing your own freedom until another person decides to offer one. You may find yourself watching for a message, checking whether someone has attempted to contact you, or imagining what you will say when the apology finally arrives. You may even rehearse the moment in which the person acknowledges everything you have wanted them to admit, believing that the conversation will finally release the pain you have carried.

But what happens if the apology never comes? What happens if the person continues defending their actions, refuses to speak about the situation, or offers words that sound sincere but are not supported by changed behavior?

If your healing depends entirely on an apology, the person who hurt you continues to hold a form of influence over your future. Their silence becomes the condition that determines whether you are allowed to move forward. Their refusal becomes the reason you cannot experience peace. Their willingness or unwillingness to acknowledge your pain becomes the measure by which you judge your progress.

You deserve more freedom than that arrangement permits.

Letting go of the demand for an apology does not mean declaring that one is unnecessary. It does not mean that the offender has fulfilled their responsibility or that reconciliation is possible without repentance. It means recognizing that your next step does not have to remain suspended until the other person chooses to do what is right.

You can forgive while acknowledging that an apology would have mattered. You can grieve the absence of accountability without allowing it to become the center of every day. You can decide that the relationship cannot return to its former form unless certain changes occur, while still refusing to make your future dependent on whether those changes ever happen.

You may need to mourn the apology you hoped to receive. That grief is real because you are releasing an expectation that once seemed reasonable. You may have believed that someone who knew you, loved you, worked with you, or served alongside you would eventually recognize the harm they caused. Accepting that this may never happen can be painful, but it can also free you from waiting indefinitely for a person to become willing to do what they have repeatedly refused to do.

You are not giving that person the final word by moving forward. You are refusing to make their silence the final word over your life.

Stop Trying to Control How Others See You

Few experiences are as frustrating as knowing that someone has misunderstood you or presented an account of events that you believe is inaccurate. You may want to correct every detail, answer every accusation, and ensure that everyone who hears the story receives your explanation. When your character or reputation matters deeply to you, the thought of being misrepresented can feel unbearable.

There are times when a clear response is necessary. False statements can cause practical harm, affect employment or relationships, and require correction through appropriate channels. When accusations are serious, it may be important to preserve evidence, seek qualified legal advice, follow established procedures, and respond with factual information rather than emotional retaliation. Letting go does not mean abandoning your right to defend yourself or protect your interests.

But there is also a point at which the effort to control every person’s opinion becomes an impossible assignment. You cannot monitor every conversation, correct every assumption, or guarantee that every individual will interpret the facts fairly. Some people may never hear your side. Others may hear it and still reach a different conclusion. Some may prefer a version of events that confirms what they already believe, regardless of how carefully you explain yourself.

If you make universal understanding the condition of your peace, you will spend your life trying to manage what cannot be fully managed.

Your responsibility is to live with integrity, communicate truthfully, correct material inaccuracies where appropriate, and accept accountability for your own actions. You must also be willing to consider whether any criticism contains something useful, because not every unfavorable opinion is false and not every disagreement is an attack. Humility allows you to examine a concern without automatically accepting every accusation or rejecting every uncomfortable observation.

At the same time, you do not need to surrender your identity to public opinion. You can listen carefully without allowing every judgment to become your personal verdict. You can clarify your position without repeatedly pleading for approval. You can recognize that some relationships may not survive a conflict even when you have made sincere efforts to resolve it.

Galatians 1:10 challenges believers to consider whom they are seeking to please. The passage addresses the deeper question of whether our lives are directed by faithfulness to God or by the desire to gain human approval. It does not mean that other people’s concerns never matter. It reminds us that human approval cannot become the highest authority governing our conduct.

You cannot control every story told about you, but you can determine whether your own conduct will be guided by truth, humility, and responsibility. You can refuse to retaliate against every critic and refuse to let every accusation define you. You can allow time, evidence, and consistent behavior to speak where appropriate, while taking direct action when real harm needs to be addressed.

Your character is not established by winning every argument. It is demonstrated through the life you continue to live.

Release the Need to Know How Everything Will End

Uncertainty can be difficult to tolerate, especially after betrayal. When a situation has already caused pain, you may feel an urgent need to know what will happen next. Will the person ever change? Will the truth become clear? Will the relationship be restored? Will those who acted unfairly ever be held accountable? Will you recover what you lost, or will you have to build a different future?

These questions are understandable because certainty can feel like protection. If you knew the ending, you might believe you could prepare yourself emotionally and avoid being surprised again. Yet life rarely provides complete certainty before you must make your next decision. Sometimes you must act with the information available, seek appropriate guidance, and accept that the outcome remains unresolved.

Trusting God does not mean assuming that every situation will end exactly as you hope. Scripture does not promise that every relationship will be restored, every injustice will be corrected in the way you desire during your lifetime, or every lost opportunity will return. A mature faith can acknowledge these uncertainties without surrendering hope or abandoning responsibility.

Psalm 37:5–7 encourages believers to commit their way to the Lord, trust in Him, and wait patiently. Waiting is not always easy because it requires you to continue living without possessing every answer. It may require you to take a practical step without knowing whether another person will cooperate, establish a boundary without knowing whether the relationship will survive, or begin again without knowing precisely what the next season will bring.

You do not need a complete map of your future to take a faithful next step. You need enough clarity to recognize your present responsibility, enough humility to seek help when your understanding is limited, and enough courage to proceed without pretending that uncertainty can be eliminated.

When you find yourself trying to predict every possible outcome, ask whether the thinking is helping you prepare responsibly or simply increasing your distress. It is wise to plan for reasonable possibilities, establish safeguards, and consider the consequences of significant decisions. It is not necessary to mentally rehearse every disaster in an attempt to guarantee that none of them can occur.

There is a difference between preparation and preoccupation. Preparation identifies what can be done. Preoccupation repeatedly worries about what may happen without producing a useful action. Wisdom invites you to prepare where preparation is possible and release the rest rather than treating worry as a form of control.

You can trust God while still having questions. You can make plans while remaining open to adjustment. You can hope for a favorable outcome without requiring that outcome before you allow yourself to experience peace.

The future belongs to God in a way that it does not belong to you. Your responsibility is to live faithfully in the present, making the best decisions you can with the understanding and resources available to you.

When Letting Go Means Grieving What Will Never Be

Sometimes the hardest thing to release is not a person but the future you believed you would share with them. You may need to grieve the friendship you thought would last, the family relationship you hoped would become healthier, the ministry opportunity you expected to fulfill, or the community in which you believed you would find belonging. When betrayal or disappointment changes the direction of your life, you are not only responding to what happened; you may also be mourning the future you once imagined.

This kind of grief can be difficult to explain because other people may see only the outward circumstances. They may tell you to move on, focus on something positive, or stop thinking about what you have lost. Yet the loss of an anticipated future can be significant even when the relationship or opportunity was never exactly what you believed it to be. You may be grieving the hope you invested, the trust you offered, and the possibilities you sincerely believed were available.

Letting go does not require you to dismiss that grief. You can acknowledge that something mattered to you and still accept that it may no longer be possible in the form you desired. You can appreciate the good moments without denying the harm. You can recognize what you hoped the relationship would become without pretending that hope alone can make it healthy.

Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 reflects on the changing seasons of life, including seasons of loss and mourning as well as seasons of rebuilding and joy. This passage does not require us to label every painful event as good or to assume that every loss was necessary. It reminds us that human life includes change, and that wisdom involves recognizing when a season has changed and responding appropriately.

Sometimes letting go means acknowledging that a relationship cannot continue in its former form. Sometimes it means accepting that an opportunity is no longer available and directing your energy toward a different path. Sometimes it means grieving a person’s limitations rather than continuing to demand that they become the person you believed they could be. These decisions may involve sadness even when they are wise.

You do not have to rush through that sadness. Give yourself room to acknowledge what mattered, speak with trustworthy people, pray honestly, and seek professional support if grief becomes difficult to manage alone. You may need time before the next direction becomes clear, and you do not need to fill every empty space immediately.

What you are releasing may have been important, but importance does not always mean permanence. Some things can be meaningful without being sustainable. Some relationships can teach you something valuable without continuing into every future season. Some dreams may need to be revised, and some doors may remain closed even after you have done everything reasonably within your power.

Letting go is not the declaration that the past had no value. It is the recognition that you cannot build your entire future around preserving something that is no longer available in a healthy or realistic form.

Trust God With the Outcome, but Take Responsibility for the Next Step

There is a temptation to believe that surrender means waiting until God makes every decision obvious. You may delay a necessary conversation because you want certainty that it will end well, postpone establishing a boundary because you hope the other person will change first, or remain in an unhealthy situation because you are waiting for a dramatic sign that it is time to leave.

Prayer is important, and seeking spiritual counsel can help you make difficult decisions. But prayer should not become a way to avoid responsibilities that are already clear. If a situation is unsafe, appropriate protective action may be necessary before every question has been answered. If a relationship repeatedly violates reasonable boundaries, you may need to respond to the pattern rather than wait indefinitely for a promise of change. If you have made a mistake, you may need to acknowledge it and make amends without waiting for the perfect emotional moment.

Trusting God with the outcome means you do not have to guarantee success before you act responsibly. You can tell the truth even when another person may reject it. You can pursue a fair process even when the outcome is uncertain. You can leave a harmful environment even when you do not yet know exactly what comes next. You can begin rebuilding your life without knowing whether the people who hurt you will ever understand the consequences of their actions.

At the same time, taking action does not mean acting impulsively or assuming that every difficult situation requires an immediate, irreversible decision. Wise action may involve gathering facts, documenting events, consulting a qualified professional, seeking trusted counsel, considering the needs of children or other dependents, and making a plan that protects your safety and responsibilities. There are times when patience is necessary, and there are times when delay increases harm. Discernment helps you recognize the difference.

First Peter 5:6–7 connects humility before God with casting our anxieties upon Him because He cares for us. Humility includes recognizing that we are not able to control everything, while trust includes bringing our concerns before God rather than allowing them to consume our attention. Neither requires us to pretend that practical problems do not exist.

You can pray and make the appointment. You can trust God and ask for legal advice. You can seek peace and establish a boundary. You can forgive and report misconduct. You can hope for reconciliation and acknowledge that it requires the participation of both people. Faith does not require you to choose between spiritual dependence and responsible action.

Take the next step that is yours to take. Do it with honesty, humility, and courage. Then allow yourself to recognize that the outcome is not entirely yours to determine.

A Prophetic Call: Stop Giving What You Cannot Control the Power to Rule You

There comes a time when you must examine how much of your life has been organized around the choices of someone else. Perhaps your thoughts remain centered on whether they regret what happened. Perhaps your happiness depends on whether they acknowledge your side of the story. Perhaps you keep measuring your progress against the hope that they will eventually see you succeed and recognize what they lost. You may have moved away from the relationship physically, yet still find that the person’s imagined response occupies a considerable part of your mind.

If that is where you find yourself, do not respond with condemnation. Recognize the pattern honestly and begin asking what freedom would look like in practice. You may need to grieve, seek support, establish a boundary, or address a legitimate concern that has remained unresolved. You may need to stop checking for updates, discontinue unnecessary arguments, or redirect time toward responsibilities and relationships that contribute to a healthier life. The appropriate step will depend on your circumstances, but it should serve your well-being and integrity rather than your desire to control another person’s experience.

The Church must also hear this challenge. We cannot teach people to trust God while encouraging them to remain trapped in cycles of fear, retaliation, or endless attempts to control one another. We cannot preach forgiveness while using spiritual language to pressure wounded people into relationships that have not become safe. We cannot demand that people surrender their concerns to God as a way of avoiding accountability for wrongdoing. True spiritual maturity makes room for both trust and responsibility.

Leaders must be willing to release their own need to control how every concern is discussed, how every person responds, and how every situation appears to the public. A church cannot manufacture genuine unity through pressure, and it cannot create lasting peace by preventing honest questions. Where harm has occurred, truth must be addressed through fair processes. Where repentance is needed, responsibility must be accepted. Where boundaries are necessary, they must not automatically be condemned as rebellion.

The same principle applies to every believer. You cannot control another person’s conscience, but you can examine your own. You cannot force someone to forgive you, but you can take responsibility for the harm you caused. You cannot guarantee that a relationship will be restored, but you can act with humility and honesty. You cannot determine how every person will interpret your decisions, but you can seek to make those decisions with wisdom and integrity.

Letting go is not a declaration that you no longer care. It is a declaration that caring will not become an excuse to control. It is not indifference toward justice. It is the refusal to turn justice into personal vengeance. It is not surrendering your voice. It is learning when to speak, how to speak, and when to recognize that the next decision belongs to someone else.

Stop giving another person’s choices the authority to determine whether you will live with purpose today. Stop requiring an apology before you permit yourself to grow. Stop treating uncertainty as evidence that you cannot move forward. Do what is yours to do, seek the help you need, and trust God with what remains beyond your reach.

You were never meant to carry the burden of being responsible for every person’s response, every unresolved outcome, and every future possibility. There is freedom in recognizing your limits, not because your life is unimportant, but because your life is too valuable to spend entirely on what you cannot command.

Conclusion: Release the Outcome, Not Your Responsibility

Letting go is one of the most difficult parts of healing because it requires you to acknowledge the limits of your influence without pretending that the circumstances no longer matter. You may still desire an apology. You may still want the truth to be recognized. You may still hope that a relationship will be repaired or that an injustice will be corrected. Those desires do not automatically make you unforgiving or spiritually immature.

The question is whether you can continue living responsibly while those outcomes remain uncertain. Can you pursue justice without making revenge the purpose of your life? Can you communicate honestly without forcing every person to agree? Can you acknowledge the possibility of reconciliation without surrendering the boundaries that protect your well-being? Can you take your next step without demanding that you first understand the entire road?

You cannot control the past, the conscience of another person, or every outcome that follows your decisions. You can control neither the apology someone chooses to offer nor the speed at which they mature. But you can examine your own conduct, make responsible choices, seek appropriate help, and decide how you will respond when circumstances do not unfold as you hoped.

This is where surrender becomes an act of courage. You stop spending all your strength attempting to produce a particular response from someone else and begin using that strength to live faithfully within your own responsibilities. You stop requiring certainty before every decision and learn to take wise steps with the information available. You stop treating an unresolved chapter as proof that your whole story must remain unfinished.

Some situations will reach a resolution, while others may remain painful or incomplete. Some people will acknowledge their wrongdoing, and others may never do so. Some relationships may be restored through genuine repentance and sustained change, while others may need to end or remain distant. Your task is not to guarantee a particular ending. Your task is to act with truth, wisdom, and compassion while refusing to let another person’s choices determine the character of your own life.

Give attention to what you can responsibly change. Seek help where you need it. Establish boundaries where they are necessary. Pursue accountability when the circumstances call for it. Grieve what cannot be recovered, and allow yourself to build something meaningful beyond the loss.

Then release the demand that everything must happen according to your preferred timeline before you can move forward.

God’s care for you does not depend on your ability to control the people around you. Your future does not have to wait for every unresolved matter to be settled. Your healing does not require you to pretend that injustice is acceptable, and your faith does not require you to carry responsibilities that belong to someone else.

You can release the outcome without abandoning your convictions, surrender control without surrendering wisdom, and trust God without refusing to take the next responsible step.

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