When to Let Go

When to Let Go

It's such a difficult thing to do.

To look at someone who makes you incredibly happy, but also causes you undeniable pain and say to myself, "I am moving away from you."

But it's an action I must take if I care about my mental and emotional health. It doesn't matter how happy they make me, if they are also the cause of my sadness then I must leave and not return until I can be just happy in their presence. 

And if that never happens, if I can never be just happy with them by my side, if the pain will always follow the happiness that they bring - then I must accept that this was as far as this person was meant to stay in my life. and that is all.

Sometimes, the most worthwhile lessons are the hardest, and leaving is the most difficult out of those. But to love myself, I must learn to let go of the ones who cannot give me the love that I deserve. Who makes me second guess myself and their actions. No matter how hard it may be.