Sometimes the hardest task for people to do is to ‘let go’. To know when it is time to let go of relationships that no longer serve you.

The average tendency seems to be, to wait for things to go really unhealthy and toxic before you tell someone ‘it’s time to let go of the relationship.’ And by that point, the bridge is usually always burnt after the fact, the door slammed shut.

I imagine that the ideal is to be proactive in your foresight, so that when you see that the relationship is no longer aligned with shared visions, values, intent, and purpose, that it would be best to part ways.

This decision ideally is usually made after a period of discernment, not being impulsive, and taking your time. Taking your time to assure that this choice is aligned with your true will.

However, change is not necessarily something that human beings proactively seek or seem to embrace on the average. Change can breed instability, insecurity, and anxiety with the uncertainty of the future.

To a certain extent human beings are like squirrels just trying to get a nut and holding onto those nuts in a little burrow in a tree, hoping that a storm doesn’t come by and just knock the tree over along with the nuts stored for the winter.

Even if one communicates their needs to establish boundaries, for example letting the individual know that ‘it is over and time to let it go’, there’s no guarantee the other person will take it or receive it the same way as you do. They may have their own ideas, goals, or expectations for you, and that in itself is another debacle.

I hope to cultivate wisdom in my life, which allows me to perceive those best choices for myself and how that impacts those I love. We live once and we live with one opportunity to make the best choice in every moment of this waking existence.

Do not undervalue the weight of choice in every moment. Every moment calls for the full presence of the individual to respond. That way, never denying any aspect of oneself in the journey home.

May meaning and purpose be the north star of your self transcendence.

(c)2024 John Piedrahita