Let people go who aren’t ready to love you
Let people go who are not ready to love you. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do in your life, and it’ll also be the most important thing..
Stop having difficult conversations with people who don’t want to change.
Stop showing up for people who aren’t interested in your presence. I know your instinct is to do everything possible to earn the appreciation of those around you, but it is an impulse that steals your time, your energy, your mental and physical health.
When you start striving for a life with joy, interest and commitment, not everyone will be ready to follow you to that place. This doesn’t mean you have to change who you are, it means you have to let go of people who aren’t ready to be with you. If you are excluded, insulted, forgotten or ignored by the people you give your time to, you are doing yourself a disservice by continuing to offer them your energy and your life.
The truth is that you are not for everyone and not everyone is for you. That’s what makes it so special when you find people with whom you have friendship or mutual love. You will know how valuable it is because you have experienced what is not. There are billions of people on this planet and you will find many of them at your level of interest and engagement. Maybe if you stop showing up, they won’t look for you. Maybe if you stop trying, the relationship ends.
Maybe if you stop texting your phone will stay dark for weeks. This doesn’t mean you ruined the relationship, it means the only thing sustaining it was the energy you only gave to keep it going. It’s not love, it’s attachment.
It’s giving a chance to those who don’t deserve it!
You deserve so much more. The most valuable thing you have in your life is your time and energy, because both are limited. The people and things you devote your time and energy to will define your existence. When you realize this, you begin to understand why you get so anxious when spending time with people, activities, or spaces that aren’t right for you and shouldn’t be around you.
You are not responsible for saving anyone.
You are not responsible for convincing them to do better.
It’s not your job to exist for people and give your life to them!
You deserve real friendships, real commitments, and total love with healthy, successful people. The decision to walk away from toxic people will give you the love, esteem, happiness and protection you deserve.
Anthony HOPKINS
In fact, itThis quote, generally attributed to Sir Anthony Hopkins since 2020, comes from an article written by Brianna Wiest, which was published in “Thought Catalog” as early as décembre 2018, intitulé : « This Year, Let go of the people who aren’t ready to love you.
By doing research as usual, I found the original text in full and in English, which I will not translate here.
Who the hell is Brianna Wiest? This is an essayist who notably published a book entitled « 101 Essays to change the way you think ».
This Year, Let Go Of The People Who Aren’t Ready To Love You
By Brianna Wiest. Updated February 21, 2023
It is the hardest thing you will ever have to do, and it will also be the most important: stop giving your love to those who aren’t ready to love you.
Stop having hard conversations with people who don’t want to change. Stop showing up for people who are indifferent about your presence. Stop prioritizing people who make you an option. Stop loving people who aren’t ready to love you.
I know that your instinct is to do whatever you can to earn the good graces of everyone you can, but that is also the impulse that will rob you of your time, your energy and your sanity.
When you start showing up to your life wholly and completely, with joy and interest and commitment, not everyone is going to be ready to meet you there.
It doesn’t mean you need to change who you are. It means you need to stop loving people who aren’t ready to love you.
If you’re left out, subtly insulted, mindlessly forgotten about or easily disregarded by the people you spend the most time with, you’re doing yourself an incredible disservice by continuing to offer your energy and life to them.
The truth is that you are not for everyone, and everyone is not for you. That’s what makes it so special when you do find the few people with whom you have a genuine friendship, love or relationship: you’ll know how precious it is because you’ve experienced what it isn’t.
But the longer you spend trying to force someone to love you when they aren’t capable, the longer you’re robbing yourself of that very connection. It is waiting for you. There are billions of people on this planet, and so many of them are going to meet you at your level, vibe where you are, connect with where you’re going.
… But the longer you stay small, tucked into the familiarity of the people who use you as a cushion, a back burner option, a therapist and a ploy for their emotional labor, the longer you keep yourself out of the community you crave.
Maybe if you stop showing up, you’ll be less liked.
Maybe you’ll be forgotten about altogether.
Maybe if you stop trying, the relationship will cease.
Maybe if you stop texting, your phone will stay dark for days and weeks.
Maybe if you stop loving someone, the love between you will dissolve.
That doesn’t mean you ruined a relationship. It means that the only thing sustaining a relationship was the energy you and you alone were putting into it.
That’s not love. That’s attachment.
The most precious, important thing that you have in your life is your energy. It is not your time that is limited, it is your energy. What you give it to each day is what you will create more and more of in your life. What you give your time to is what will define your existence.
When you realize this, you’ll begin to understand why you’re so anxious when you spend your time with people who are wrong for you, and in jobs or places or cities that are wrong, too.
You’ll begin to realize that the foremost important thing you can do for your life and yourself and everyone you know is to protect your energy more fiercely than anything else.
Make your life a safe haven in which only people that can care and listen and connect are allowed.
You are not responsible for saving people.
You are not responsible for convincing them they want to be saved.
It is not your job to show up for people and give away your life to them, little by little, moment by moment, because you pity them, because you feel bad, because you “should,” because you’re obligated, because, at the root of it all, you’re afraid to not be liked back.
It is your job to realize that you are the master of your fate, and that you are accepting the love you think you’re worthy of.
Decide you’re deserving of real friendship, true commitment and complete love with people who are healthy and thriving.
Then wait in the darkness, just for a little bit…
… And watch how quickly everything begins to change.
Collected by Jeannot Ramambazafy who presents to you for this New Year 2024, my reading friends and readers of MADAGATE.ORG, his wishes for Health, Happiness and Prosperity on the basis of this text.
