When Relationships End

Chelsey Fjeldheim
January 20, 2020

Categories: Thoughts to Ponder

People come and go throughout life.

They serve you; you serve them.

When the purpose for your connection is fulfilled the relationship—often times–ends. This is NOT rejection. This is not—there is something wrong with me. This is NOT that you are too much, or not enough.

It just IS.

It allows you to continue down YOUR path and it gives them the freedom to continue down theirs. And that is okay. Feel it…give thanks for the experience of it…and then…let it go. Let it be.

You have new places to go, new experiences to enjoy, new life to discover.

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