Everyone has had someone in their life who has made them question their own self-worth, or told them that they would never accomplish something they worked hard to achieve. There are people in your life that will tell you, you aren't good enough, but if you let them put these words into your mind countless times, you'll soon start to believe them. These people, you once called friends, tear you down, when all they should be doing is bringing you up and encouraging you to reach the best version of yourself possible. As time goes by, you truly start to understand who your true friends are, and the people you want to keep in your life, so you let go of those toxic friendships.

Letting go is hard, especially with someone who has been a constant in your life for so long, but keeping around a person who only harms you will never turn out beneficial for your life. When you let go of all of the pain they have caused, and their presence in your life you are only further enriching yourself and moving forward in life.

No one is ready to let people go from their life, but you must push yourself away from toxic people and relationships. For someone who has been a part of your life for a long time, letting go may seem extreme, or you might fear that one day you will miss this person, but if a relationship between the two of you fell into toxicity, you will never be able to get back the friendship you two once shared. It might be hard to let go of certain people, but you have to think about if someone is ultimately holding you back, or helping you move forward in life; if they aren't there for you in the ways a true friend is, then you are better off living a life that is absent of their negativity.

Life is short and uncertain, but what should be certain to you is that you want the best life possible for yourself and those that you love. By keeping people in your life that do not better it, you are not only wasting and harming your own life, but also the lives of your loved ones. Life is too short to have relationships that make you feel inferior, doubt yourself and your self-worth, or are emotionally or physically abusive. Because none of us know how long we will have on this earth, it is important to live the fullest and best life possible, letting go of toxic people helps you find true friends that will always stand by you no matter if it's to catch you when you fall, or push you to your highest potential.

Not only does letting go allow us to free ourselves from the people that are hurting us, it causes our hearts to open and release all the pent up hate and frustration for that person now that they are no longer in our lives. Letting go also allows us to see a relationship for what it truly is, value yourself and the ability to make friendships with people that will only uplift our lives. Letting go may hurt, but is a necessary part of life.