There are two people in my life this year that I have began to shake off. I feel that both of these people take from me and never give in return. I have put in an enormous amount of effort into both of these people but they just can’t or won’t do the same. I am tired of feeling as if I am not really liked, or that I am being used or that they could care less. And it’s not about me being paranoid, because I have several friends and none of them make me feel like these two people me feel.
It’s sad too, because one of these friendships is over 20 years old. But I have cried, begged, coddled and pleaded as much as I can and for as long as I can. So now, through the wisdom of prayer and just the peace you get from letting go, I have learned that when I say No to letting these people make me feel this way I am saying yes to myself and that is exactly what I intend to do from this point on. I have now reached a new decade in my age and I feel like that too is bringing change and wisdom to my life as well, I am so grateful for change, aren’t you?
I am finally catching the hint that these friendships have ran their course and it’s time to move on. Thank the lord that I am finally moving, because even though I knew what was happening I still was holding on and that was just making it ugly for everybody. I am not a fair weather friend, I am loyal and dependable and to a fault at times, my relationships with people I love are very important to me. So it has been a hard and long journey getting to the place that I am in now, but I am happy to be here. I don’t have any hard feelings, it was a great run and now your season is over, I can’t wait to see what the next one will bring. Whatever it is, I will be sure to bring the lesson I learned from this season to the next one. It would be a shame to have done all of that in vain.
Take it & love it
Kendraplease!
Below is a sermon by Bishop TD Jakes, it’s exactly what I needed and maybe it might just help you too.
There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying
attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us.[1John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.
It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.
Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains......
LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth.....
LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you.
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents
LET IT GO!!!
If you! u have a bad attitude.......
LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......
LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level
in Him......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......
LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help
themselves......
LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed .........
LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to......
LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. God is doing a new thing…. Let It Go!!!