letting go.

"Sometimes you tell yourself you have to let go, because the other person already has."

-Nameless.

It may be hard, but it can also be the best decision you make in your life. Letting go, being free. -Waiting for God to intercede instead of your own wants & desires to make it last, just one more day.

God works everything out in His timing & if it's not His timing, it simply won't work. It will fail. Sometimes the truth hurts, but I read this quote once, I think I've posted it on here before but I'm going to write it again...

"The worst thing about being lied to, is knowing you weren't worth the truth."

Isn't that the truth? It may hurt to hear the truth in the beginning, but wouldn't it hurt worse to find out in the end that you've been lied to for awhile now? & in the time they lied to you, you could have been moving on. Building yourself back up instead of holding on to something that had been dead for awhile now?

The truth hurts, but speak it if necessary. Be honest. Be truthful. Be kind.

We may not all have it together & we all may be fighting our own battles inside of us & holding things in, but God knows who we need in our life. The people we need to come in, to leave & to stay for a lifetime.

I'm not saying it's fun to see people leave. To have to say 'goodbye' but, sometimes it's just time. Sometimes it's only for a short while & sometimes it's for the rest of your life.

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I'm a girl that gives her heart away often, maybe not 'romantically' but, I give it away by trusting people & investing in their lives. I believe in people & always give them the chances they deserve. -I'm not saying I regret that, ever. Because I don't. It's my own choice to stay in a friendship as long as I do, because I believe in that person & I believe in their dreams & the accomplishments they want to make in their life & I want to be the ONE person in their life that is their 'constant.' The person that is there at the beginning of the race & is there through all the curves & bumps & pot holes--& is still there when they reach the finish line. I want to be there for them.

To cheer them on, to cry with them. To make them smile & to be the one they can always count on. I know what it feels like to not have someone you feel like you can 'count on.'

It's a tough world, I know this. There are a lot of people tearing you down & there are few that are actually cheering you on.

--Be that one person.
Be that constant.
Be the person that cheers them on, on the really bad days.
& be the one that is there through thick & thin.

I wasn't planning on sharing this much tonight, but the past couple days I've been reminded of a lot. & I've been trying to remind myself of what's truly important in my life. & WHO is truly important.

I hope this finds you today & encourages YOU.

.Grace.