QotD: Lesson Learned

Tell us about a lesson you had to learn the hard way.

"Letting go"

That is the hardest things that I learned from my past. I could tell you more about it but I'd rather not. The details of my story are too much to open up but I have learned that I should always keep in mind of things to say and things that I should keep.

Letting go also goes with a lot of things. It comes with trust, forgiveness and acceptance, am I right?

When I say trust, it's just like letting go of your partner's hand when you're together. From some of my experience, there was a guy who I was with and couldn't let go of my hand even if I just need to pick something up or fix my hair. It didn't take long for me to see that he was really possessive of me. Especially when I'm going out with my guy friends without him. That relationship ended up quickly.

Forgiveness - letting go of the pain and the bad things that one has dealt on you is one of the hard part in anyone's account. They say, "forgive and forget" but it's hard to forgive if you can't forget. Forgetting is also part of letting go. There is someone out there who I can't forgive as he ruined my life back in college and ruined my trust. In the years that went through, I can say that I forgive him but I can't say that I can forget what he did.

Acceptance - accepting that you are wrong is also something that's attached with pride. Accepting that you're not that strong or you're not that kind of person who you want to be. When you finally get to the point of accepting who you are as to letting go some of your pride then that is when you should strive to be a better person, right? That is what I think, anyway.