Letting Go

Sometimes you have to let go of things you really hoped would be, could be different.
Sometimes you have to just stop. Stop trying so hard. Stop expecting so much. Stop expecting what you wish for. Stop wanting more.
Growing up seems to be littered with many opportunities to learn how to let go.
Sometimes you have to let go to be happy and surround yourself with people who want to be there for you as much as you want to be there for them.
Today has been a great day and a disappointing one as well, both for very different reasons. Some people will continuously disappoint you, drag you down, let you in, and then just as quickly shut you out. But others, the important ones, will always leave the door open, no matter the distance or time, and will always be there. Those are the people I hold on to. I must let the others go. This is a process.
It's not letting go of hope, it's letting go of the dream you imagined and can continue to hope that things work out somehow, and life has something else in store.

On that note - the perfect place to relax and unwind is where I am headed tomorrow. Long Beach Island. So very excited. Going with my best girl friend and family.
Beach, Fishing, good food, Sun, Sand, Ocean, lots of free reading and relaxing, some shopping - and enjoying the last few weeks of summer and being home before grad school begins again.

Thankful today for good friends that I consider family, and ties that go deeper than blood.