Gotta Say Bye

We all know someone, if not ourselves, that tends to hold on to emotions, grudges, people and etc far longer than they should. Growing up, I was like that and for the longest time, I couldn't understand why. But as I grew as a person and gained confidence of where I stood in the world. I learned, I felt a lot better about myself and the situations that made me who I was(am) the quicker I addressed them. Basically... I simply learned to say bye. I had to if I wanted to be happy. I said bye to things and people that made me feel good and those that made me fell bad. I said bye to situations of stress. Bye to people to the and things that tried to tear me down, instead of building me up.

Well some would ask, how did I do this. Did I go to some form of counseling? Did I learn from someone Else's mistakes? Did I hear a voice from some higher calling? No... No... and No.
I simply made a conscious decision that I wanted to be happy. Simple as that. I said to myself:

"You deserve better than what you're allowing to happen".

And it wasn't anything special about me that allowed me to say and then do what was needed. We all have that inner strength and determination. It's just some of us ignore it and others embrace it for what it is, man's greatest gift, the gift of determination. You gotta be willing to accept that you can't allow yourself to be unhappy just to keep face with other people... it's not what you were created for. We are creatures of habits. The more you do something, the more you actually believe it's what is suppose to be.
You have to brake the cycle if it is bettering your life... you just gotta say bye.
Don't be afraid of who you will hurt, what you will lose and how you will be after it. Point blank, if it isn't working out, there's no sense at holding on to it. Things and people seldom change... that's the reason we have so many options of what can be in this vast world of ours.

Look, the possibilities of what our lives can be, is all the reason one needs to not hold on to things that don't help us push forward in a positive manner of life. We all may not be meant for greatness... but we all are deserving of joy and happiness. So I beg you, say good bye to what hurts you, derails you, burdens you... it isn't worth a lifetime of misery. Pack what you must pack, ask what you must know, kiss what you must kiss and love what you deem deserving... but when you're done, remember, gotta say bye!!!