Ever have one of those days where you start reflecting on the past and then that one memory strikes you? Whether it is having lunch with a former lover or going on an adventure with your best friend at the time, we got to experience moments and create memories with someone who was important to us. It’s both a blessing and a curse that we got to experience these moments. Not only did we get to experience moments that changed our life forever, we also realize that this person is no longer in our life anymore, which hurts a lot more.
They say you learn a lot as you grow up, and one thing for sure is that people come and go. That one person played an important role in your life, and in the end, they were put in your life for a reason. Either you grow with them or they teach you a lesson before walking away. When reflecting back on these memories however, I’ve realized that I started gaining a bunch of false hope, hoping they would come back into my life, which would make me miserable every morning when I woke up and realized this person was never coming back into my life.
Letting go of someone who already let you go is one of the hardest things to accept, but once you realize that you are better off without someone who cannot value your worth, you will start to feel so much happier. You will be able to meet new people who do value you and make the extra effort to stay in your life.
That’s when I decided that letting go was the best option, and little did I know, that it would be the best thing that ever happened to me.
I started to realize that once I let go of the person or situation that constantly brought false hope and negativity into my life, I was so much happier. I stopped letting one person define me. I stopped thinking that I needed them in order to succeed further in my life. I was able to realize that if someone wanted to stay in my life, they would make every effort to do so. Friendships and relationships aren’t just a one-way street. If someone wants to be in your life, you’ll know, because they make it obvious that they want to spend time with you. I was able to realize that my entire life did not just depend on one person, when I had so many other people who made the effort to stay in my life and had so many people in my life who wanted nothing but the best for me.
Don’t let one person who used to be in your past affect you today. You learn so much from someone, so be grateful for the lesson, wish them the best, and move on. Letting them go will make you feel so much better and opens up several doors to meet new people, go on new adventures, and to grow with them as well.
