Get Over Yourself!
Sounds a little harsh, I know!
But as you keep reading this you’ll catch the drift of what I’m trying to get you to understand!
So many of us have placed our selves at a level of importance in other peoples lives that isn’t realistic. We seem to believe that if we leave them or end our relationships with them that their lives are going to fall apart or that they are simply going to die. When in fact, if we leave they’ll be just fine!
Think about this, have you ever been at a job where you were comfortable and made friends, only to be offered a better position somewhere else? At the time all kinds of questions run through you head: who is going to replace me? Who is going to keep up with making the reports each week? Who is going to go with my coworker to lunch each day? All these questions cloud our thoughts and for a moment we begin to think that we are irreplaceable and that the job will suffer without us being there. The reality however is as soon as you leave (sometimes before), the hunt begins for your replacement and work goes on as usual. In fact, the minute you put in your notice things begin to change. And if you stay around longer than anticipated work relationships get tense and awkward because you’ve stayed longer than you should have.
The same thing happens in our personal lives, with personal relationships and we refuse to let go and move on. However we fail to see that by holding on we are actually causing damage to the relationship because we’ve out stayed our season.
In other words, you’ve made up in your mind that that person can’t live without you and you’ve decided to stay even though God had told you to move on. This is why I say it is time for you to get over yourself and to move on, for the sake of you and them!
Now, let’s continue this conversation over on my podcast with the episode “Get Over Yourself!”