Meetings and Partings
I had a ghost from my past write me a note the other day. I knew this person was
going to write me. Don’t ask me how.
I knew this
person was going to write me. I am glad this person wrote me. It confirmed to me
that, although it was terribly painful, our friendship ending was for the best
and absolutely the right thing. Months have passed; I can see their side of
things, and I think they can now see mine. But again, my not being friends with
this person is for the best.
These people are called ghosts from our past for a reason-because the end of the friendship, relationship, partnership, can haunt us. It is that way for all of us-friends come in and out of our
lives at the drop of the hat. People transfer schools, change jobs, lose touch,
walk away purposely, and sometimes, sadly, die.
The people in your life now, they
are in your life for a reason. They are teaching you something, showing you
something that the universe needs for you to know. Likewise you too are teaching
them something, showing them something they need to know. These
friends and lovers are in your life for a certain time. The people who aren’t in
your life anymore, there is a reason for that. You taught them everything they
needed to know. And they did the same for you.
The end of a friendship or relationship can be excruciatingly
painful. In times like these, it is wise to take your time and heal from the
experience. Look at the good things that happened from the friendship. Learn to look at the bigger picture. Listen to
the universe. Learn the lessons that the experience taught you. Pray that the
other person learned the lessons they were meant to learn. Begin the slow and agonizing process of forgiveness.
There was a reason
the two of you met. And there's a reason that it's over.
“Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of
it.”-Kermit the Frog-Muppet Christmas Carol
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