The world will never revolve around me, and I will never expect it to. There are things absolutely out of my control that will never be in my grasp. There are people that will never afford me the opportunity to love them, let alone the opportunity to be loved by them. There are family members and friends that will judge me or never quite understand my journey as others will never even bother trying to and guess what?
.........I'm letting go.
I'm letting go of you, ***. You and your avoidance, every selfishly made decision, and your delapidated "place of comfort" that will solely be your burden to carry when there is nothing left to come back to.
I'm letting go of you, ***. Because it will be you suffering the consequence of your actions, your guilt, your ruined reputation, not mine.
I'm letting go of you, ***. Because I offered myself entirely to you and this was the path you chose. Because the "I love you's" were short lived and we both know that I deserve more than a dream and more than the occasional passing by.
I'm letting go of you, You who stood near but offered no help as I struggled to lift myself up. You who pretended to be my friend but spoke badly of me when you minutely felt offended.You who judged me but never showed me grace for my shortcomings.
You, who simply watched as I fell apart... I'm letting go of you, each and every one of you.
I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience