Tuesday, November 22, 2011

So often, folks are inclined to jump to hasty outcomes rather than taking their time.  Things come and go.  People and relationships do as well.  When one has served its time, there’s no use in morning that loss.  Instead, try to focus on the good aspects of that association.

There are times when one’s ability to trust their own judgment is compromised when a relationship comes to an end.  This shouldn’t be, for the only bad relationship is one where nothing was learned as a result of having entered into it.

It’s when we’re feeling most vulnerable, following one of these ended relationships, that we should take time to examine our motives.  Where do we want to go from here?  What did that relationship teach us?  Is the ended relationship causing us to spin out, unable to move forward?  Or is just the opposite true—we’re rushing into another?

Finding the answers to these questions is a journey.  That journey, I believe, is part of life’s plan.  To skip part of or shy away from it diminishes our ability to learn, evolve, and move forward.  But this plan takes time and shouldn’t be rushed, for to hastily enter into finding the answers we seek may leave us short-sited to all possibilities.  The positives.  The darker aspects hidden away in clever crevices.  The meaningful elements that enable us to more effectively progress.  As such, when one finds themselves in this situation, perhaps the best thing they can do is to take their time—time needed to sort things through….