Today I was thinking about relationships, mainly about friends and mainly about past friends. About the friends that I lost, the friends that lost me and the friends that I felt betrayed by. Failed relationships are a hard thought for anyone, sadly it happens to most people in life but that doesn’t change that it hurts. There is a feeling of loss which is hard to push past, but I remembered a beautiful piece of advice, at the time being young and stupid I felt it would never apply to me, but now it’s invaluable.1185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyXznr3Bwb
Think of the relationships in your life like a tree, think of the leaves, the branches and roots. Some people are like the leaves, as pretty as they are leaves are unstable. The wind blows one way they follow, it blows the other way they don’t hesitate to change again. And when it gets cold they just fall off. Don’t waste time on these people they flow with the wind and if it’s blowing away from you or the going gets tough they’re not someone to depend on.
Other people are like branches they look sturdy, strong and they seem like a good bet. But the farther out on that branch you climb and as reliable as that branch may look you put enough weight on it, it will eventually brake letting you fall to ground. These are the kind of friends that can hurt you the most. They’re the kind of people that are happy to let you think that they care for you but the minute you really need them they’re no longer there to support you.
And then we reach the roots these are the people that stick with you through thick and thin. They’re there nourishing you and helping you live and grow. They don’t care what you do, they don’t care about being seen with you. They just care about you. Remember that the roots of any tree are under the ground, these people can be hard to see and it can be hard to notice just how much they do for you. But these are the people to hold on to, don’t let them go and treat them well. A tree has millions of leaves and hundreds of branches but just five or six roots. But without those roots the tree couldn’t live.
At the end of the day some people are meant to be in your life for a lifetime some people only for a season and if someone wants to walk out your life you should let them go. Yes by all means cry over it and be depressed for a bit, but then you need to get up and get on with your life. You should bet on the fact that in a couple years you won’t even remember the last names of those people that had you crying. But you’ll still have those people that are your roots supporting and helping you continue to grow as a person. So hold on to them and be their roots in return1185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvQByWVnn8
