A personal one

This post is more of a personal nature so if you don't care to read that is fine. It's more just for myself and therapeutic for me to get my words and thoughts down. No names will be mentioned just for my own reasons.

When something is said to someone else and it really hurts their feelings do you acknowledge what you said to that person and apologize? Or is it up to the hurt person to just let go and move on and be the bigger person and forgive even though there was no apology ever given? What's the correct thing to do? How long do you hold on to hurt feelings before it just consumes you?

Yesterday Garth Brooks was on Oprah. If you know me well, you know that I have a love for Garth Brooks and his music. BIG fan here!! Anyway, yesterday he sang his song "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and I sang it loud and proud. And then I cried. Yep I cried. The words to that song go something like this :

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

This song can apply to anyone, male or female. The song says make sure you let everyone in your life know how much you love them and care for them. You will never know when it will be your last chance to say the most important words ever.

I've discovered how to let go believe it or not. People will do and act how they choose and you have no control over anyone except yourself. I've had no choice but to figure out how to let go and move on. I'm not hurt anymore and I'm not sad anymore. What does make me sad is the broken relationship that will take a while to repair.

Without my family and friends I am lost. They mean the world to me and I cherish every memory. So thank you for always being there for me when I needed you most. I love each and every one of you.

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Ok, enough with the mushy stuff. On to the fun stuff. I'm thisclose to being finished with my 5 month long dresser redo. Hopefully in the next week I will have pictures to post. Finally, that monkey will be off my back.