Not everyone who comes into your life is meant to be with you forever. There are those people that come, and you love them with all your heart, but they are not meant to stay.  It does not mean these people did not serve a good purpose in your life. These people are important too. When you actually reflect on all that they taught you, you realize that without them you would not have learnt the important lesson’s God sent them to teach you.

When you look at what they have added to your life and not only what they took from you, you see that the pain you endured turned into growth.  From the growth you see your worth, you learn and choose to love and respect yourself.  Instead of holding on to anger and resentment, rather look at the blessing of what you learnt and the change that you needed to make.  Look at the gift they left for you.

Forgive them and let go so that you can be free.

These people change you in ways that stay with you forever. Sometimes it takes painful lessons to help us grow into the person we are meant to be.

It is often through suffering that we choose to change. We begin to reflect on why we allowed certain pain into our lives and in that reflection we finally understand.

Katerina Avraamides