Isn’t it the best feeling to have a strong relationship with someone that is just your person? It can be anyone, not just a mate, and it is something we count on most, knowing no matter what we do or say or feel, even if they disagree with us, they are there like a security blanket waiting to wrap us up and make it all okay. What a comfort! I hope someone immediately comes to your mind as you read that.
Some people can put on a ‘show’ on social media about how sparkly their relationship is, and maybe there are those fortunate few, but that’s just not real life. Every relationship has dents and dings; we all have our dents and dings.
When these dents and dings happen, especially with our people, these are moments of choice. We can get angry and carry it around like a bag of rocks. We can pout and wallow in it. We can run away only to come back and realize it came back with us.
We can also remember they are as dented and dinged as we are, we can pick up a blanket of forgiveness, walk over and wrap it around them, and say I love you {period}. Not I love you anyway, that’s implying they were wrong… and you know what, maybe they were. But if we really love them, they don’t need to hear that again, and we don’t need to get in another jab just to make us feel better. It really won’t.
To me, forgiveness is about letting it go.
Do you have any blankets you need to wrap around anyone? Any rocks you need to lay down? My prayer is that we lay down a lot of rocks, some of us need to lose a few pounds anyway, and that we hand out blankets to those who deserve it as much as those who don’t. I believe it will warm our souls as much as it will warm theirs.
xoxo,
JCG
Thanks for sharing as always… maybe with someone who needs to give out a blanket or two, maybe with someone who needs one to keep them warm.
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