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There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It`s amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships. Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention. Which ones lift...and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill...and which ones are going downhill? When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don`t really understand, know or appreciate you? The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you ...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row ...and who should be moved to the balcony of your life. "If you cannot change the people around you...change the people you`re around."
you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don`t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1John 2:19] People leave you because they are not joined to you...and if they are not joined to you, you can`t make them stay. Let them go. And it doesn`t mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you`ve got to know when people`s part in your story is over so that you don`t keep trying to raise the dead. You`ve got to know when it`s dead. You`ve got to know when it`s over. Let me tell you something. I`ve got the gift of good-bye. It`s the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It`s not that I`m hateful, it`s that I`m faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have... He`ll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don`t need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!! If you are holding on to something that doesn`t belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to ... LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ... LET IT GO!!! If someone can`t treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...LET IT GO!!! If someone has angered you ... LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge ... LET IT GO!!! If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction ... LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents ... LET IT GO!!! If you have a bad attitude...LET IT GO!!! If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better... LET IT GO!!! If you`re stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him... LET IT GO!!! If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.... LET IT GO!!! If you keep trying to help someone who won`t even try to help themselves;LET IT GO!!! If you`re feeling depressed and stressed ... LET IT GO!!! If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to... LET IT GO!!! Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2008!!! LET IT GO!!! Get Right or Get Left ... think about it, and then...LET IT GO!!! 
the "right now" problem could be a "happened long ago" story." Shhh! Don`t tell that story again! Do not talk about how you were done so wrong by so many bad people. Do not talk about him, her or them unless it will make you feel better right now. Hush! Don`t utter another syllable about the pain, the losses that have left you broken, unless you are ready to recover right now. Stop it! Stop dragging yourself back there, reminding yourself of how bad it was for you then unless it has some relevance to what you are doing right now. Each time you think about it, talk about or remember then, you put that energy squarely in the middle of your life right now. Of course you must acknowledge how you feel about all the things you have experienced. You must not, however, tell the story in a manner that makes you feel bad right now. Tell what you learned! Tell how you have healed! If you look at your story, there is probably a great deal you can use right now to move forward. When, however, you find yourself stuck on the details that break your heart, you are telling the story in the wrong way,for the wrong reasons. Yes, you must inspect the details of your life in order to accept your share of the responsibility. In fact, each time you tell your story you discover new levels of understanding and forgiveness. When you approach the sordid details of your life from this perspective, you will propel yourself into a higher state of being. When however, you are telling the story and it makes you feel bad, do not tell that story! Tell a story, any story, that will take into account the wonderful opportunity you have before you to write a new story. Until today, you may have been telling the story of how bad it used to be. Just for today, rethink your conclusions, pray for understanding, then write a new story that begins where you are right now.
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