Walking away

Today’s truth is this: sometimes the best thing you can do is to walk away.

Some things that are broken cannot be fixed. Most people can’t be, that’s for sure. Many situations cannot be fixed, no matter how much time you spend thinking your way toward a solution. Sometimes things are just broken. Done. Finished.

And often, even when something CAN be fixed, it’s not worth the investment — whatever that might be. Time, money, love, effort, strength — one can only give so much. And if you know, guaranteed, that your investment of one of those things may not turn into something useful, beautiful, or sentimental for you or others or the world… Well, then there is little reason to try to fix whatever it is.

I’ve recently had to walk away from a few things I could not fix. I know this was the best decision, each time. But it is still a bit hard knowing that it’s just so broken that it’s not worth it for me to repair. It’s hard because I care and connect to things — and people and situations. Disconnecting and walking away is hard for me.

But sometimes it’s the very best thing to do.

Moving along, I now realize that walking away leaves me with more energy and resources for those things that are either not broken at all, or are broken and that I know I can successfully fix to be useful, beautiful, or sentimental. There is a feeling of real freedom in this, and that’s empowering.

Walking away doesn’t mean forgetting and leaving. It means just walking and leaving the broken thing behind.

Yes, moving along…

🙂