I’ve come to a point in my life where I have found a crossroad that is
more present in my life than ever before and that’s
learning to let go.
I wrote about this yesterday in my personal journal and I think it’s appropriate to share here.
Ryan and I both are the loyal friends that drive 8 hours to go to a wedding at least twice a year (we did that this year in February to Colorado when we lived in Kansas temporarily & in September to Wyoming).
We are the friends that drive 8 hours to see some of closest friend’s new baby.
That’s who we are.
We are those friends that feel like we should go to be good friends,
but at the end of the day it can be so hard to let it lay at that.
Although we are those loyal kind of people, I find that a lot of the time we are this way to people that don’t appreciate it as much as they probably should.
The friends that wouldn’t do the same for us.
The gratitude lingers in that moment, but dwindles away.
This last weekend we drove back to Kansas to see our friends’ baby – they were appreciative, they would do the same for us, we know that.
But while we were there we told the maid of honor from our wedding that we would be in town, someone I would once call a best friend.
The same thing happens every time when we come into town, there is excitement leading up to it, up until the day before, then there is the last minute excuse (the one where you bring it up a couple weeks or so later and she doesn’t know you are talking about!) and she bails once it’s too late to come anyways.
That’s exactly what happened this time, I was aware that it would happen because it always does, but there was still that disappointment.
That let down.
I saw this on pinterest:
It captures it for the most part don’t you think?
With that being said, it made me think about it more.
Think about all the times where we had the minimal gratitude for big time and effort {and monetary} sacrifices, that are so often left empty, and stay that way.
So, I’m learning that it’s OK to let go.
Learning that it doesn’t make us less quality of friends.
It just means that we need to save our energy for the friends that don’t constantly take.
The friends & family that appreciate us a little bit more.
In life, in business, in the things that surround our lives – it’s OK to let those thing that leave us more drained.
It’s OK to let go of the idea that we must do things a certain way.
It’s OK to let go of the idea that we are failing by saying “No.”
Letting go of the idea that we must put everything and everyone first.
It’s time to embrace what we need, what we deserve.
Because the truth is,
We deserve more, and are worth that.
Everyone is.
