Letting go of people is one of the hardest choices to make. Because once you love, it’s very difficult to un-love. Once you’re invested, it’s hard to un-invest. Saying goodbye — for good — can be heartbreakingly next to impossible.
In some cases, the right thing to do is to offer a second chance, and heaven knows I’m beyond grateful for those I’ve received. But other times — for healing, for protection, for expansion and maturation — you just have to walk away, and find the strength to keep on walking.
Snakes shed their skin to slough off the dead and allow for continued growth. The same applies to us: When we release what no longer serves us, we make space for new things and people to come into our lives. So let go, open up, and remember this:
Change does not require an apology.
It does, however, require an explanation. Without that, it’s cruel, unfair, cowardly, abandonment… pick your description. For me, the most crucial part about making a big decision is owning it, and that requires a clear and courageous conversation about why you’re doing what you’re doing. That said, and hard as it is, sometimes the only sane thing left to do is simply let go.
