someone sent that little message to me in an email a long time ago...and i find it funny how it remains relevant today. I think it might be time to let some people go...or maybe not completely let them go...but distance myself a bit. Sucks because it seems like every few years I have to go through this crap!
*am i the only one who has friendships that come with expiration dates?*
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Everyone can't be in your front row
Everyone Can't Be in Your Front Row
Life is a theater - invite your audience carefully.
Not everyone is spiritually healthy and mature enough to have a front
row seat in our lives. 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,
or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,
not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships/fellowships!
Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention
to: 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 and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?
When you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth, 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.
You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for godly wisdom an discernment
and choose wisely the people who sit in the front row of your life.
'Just because no one has shown up who can love you on your level,
doesn't mean you sink to theirs!'
Life is a theater - invite your audience carefully.
Not everyone is spiritually healthy and mature enough to have a front
row seat in our lives. 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,
or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,
not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships/fellowships!
Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention
to: 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 and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?
When you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth, 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.
You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around! Ask God for godly wisdom an discernment
and choose wisely the people who sit in the front row of your life.
'Just because no one has shown up who can love you on your level,
doesn't mean you sink to theirs!'
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
12
12 years. Feels like yesterday. Words can't express how much I miss & love you. I always wonder how would my life have turned out if you were still here. Guess i shouldn't though because nothing will bring you back.
RIP Calvin Mackell
11.13.1950 - 9.1.1997
RIP Calvin Mackell
11.13.1950 - 9.1.1997
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