Friends, lovers, bosses, even family - they all comprise relationships in our lives. They all require effort and intent. And quite an awful lot of them....end.
Some people leave without us wanting them to, and we spend endless time and energy trying to understand why they made that choice, trying to self-reflect and determine whether and what we did to send them away.
Some people have to be practically fired from their role in our lives, as we reiterate over and over again that we no longer wish to participate in the relationship for various reasons.
Some people just quietly drift away and we opt to not reach out to them to try to reel them back in.
Some leave abruptly with harsh words and broken promises.
Some leave at the end of a long, long road fraught with agonizing analysis and second chances and second guessing.
The fact is, most of the relationships in our lives are fleeting and temporary, whether they last a few months or several years. Hopefully, if we are wise, we look back and consider what we liked about that relationship, what we want to carry forward with us, what we liked about who we were while in that relationship, and we ever-so-slightly adjust ourselves and our outlook and our expectations in preparation for the remaining chapters of our lives. Likewise, we reflect on what we didn't like, what we cannot accept, and what we are happy to be free of...and hopefully we don't let ourselves get wrapped up in those same things down the road.
Ever evolving, ever learning, ever stretching and growing...
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