"Funeralizing" My Failures

As I reflect on things that have given me challenges, I dig deeper into the most recent challenge that has taken me on the most emotional rollercoaster. Relationships. Whether familial, platonic, romantic, business or otherwise, relationships are a fundamental need we are each born into in some capacity. 

I’ve grown up having to move every so many years. That meant I had to start over more times than I wanted to count. The older I get, the harder starting over seems to become. But that innate desire for genuine relationships rises above my disappointment in what I see happening with superficial connections. I have found myself hurting myself, trying to keep people around who are only there for a specific purpose and time. With each encounter, I can choose to grow in some way or take what hurts and let it make me bitter.

So, today, I say goodbye to making the temporary permanent and trusting people without giving them a chance to show me what it is. It has kept me from discerning genuine relationships from personal assignments. By saying goodbye, I give myself permission/freedom to recognize and accept that there are associations that reflect the parts of the rocket that break off as I continue to rise to higher heights, and it’s ok.

Moving forward, I will embrace short-term connections for what they are to live a life free from stopping myself from being the natural intervention I am.