Oooops, DON'T Let Go Unless.....

Oooops, DON'T Let Go Unless.....

True, everyday day-in day-out, we meet people, some strangers, some friends, WHO bring out the best in us and splash a palette of colors in an otherwise black-and-white life.  True, WHO we are and WHAT we become is NEVER a one-man effort.  Everyone in our lives holds a stake in turning us into the person we are.  Their thoughts, their outlook, on life and their passion burns beyond our own lives.  Instead, they leave pieces of themselves in us just as we do in them.  YES, they do leave pieces of themselves in us just as we do in them.  And this poster I grabbed CAN'T be farther from the truth, that is, for us to keep people in our life based on those listed criteria. Oooops, DON'T Let Go Unless.....📗📙📘

I might sound emotional BUT the real truth is that we are all the people we've met and all the people we've lost. We are all the exes that loved us and even all crushes that DIDN'T.  We are all the people WHO are still in our lives and all the people WHO'VE left.  True, it seems quite a tragedy that love DOESN'T reign every time all the time.  BUT it is a much bigger tragedy WHEN we erase people from our lives and pretend like they DIDN'T exist anymore OR at all.  We've always heard that we're supposed to let someone go totally.  Oh Oh Oh, that we'll NEVER heal if they're still around.  Heck, even if we said that WHEN something has run its full course, it's time for us to let it go📌📌📌

BUT let's be reasonable and logical, all rolled into one, here:  Letting go DOESN'T always mean forgetting a person OR erasing them because we just CANNOT.  Maybe it's about preserving a place for them in our hearts.  Will erasing them destroy every piece of them that resides within us?  Will removing them make us forget about everything they've taught us?  Will we stop doing something we love because they were the ones WHO got us into it???

NOT really.  True, it's heartbreaking to either leave OR to be left.  That aching feeling WHEN you learn that your love was unrequited love OR that a shared moment with another person could NOT amount to anything more, leaves you feeling somewhat empty and numb.  One second you're head over heels with them as they sit across the dinner table.  Next thing you know, you're wondering if that was the last moment you shared with them.  If this was all there was to it, really?  YES it could be hard, and harder💧💧💧

Our takeaway:  True, there are countless ideal WHAT IFs in life but that's WHAT idealism is all about.  YES, this is a thought-provoking perspective that we rarely come across.  BTW, admiring people DOESN'T always have to be a romantic relationship.  There are multifarious ways to connect with each other and they are NOT less important.  And YES, much as we are encouraged to embrace change, sometimes, we will stumble across that irresistible force and IF and WHEN that does occur, then as this Snoopy poster goes, LET IT GO.  Ooooops, DON'T LET GO UNLESS.......... you have to💥💥💥