Personal Reflection
I woke up this morning really wanting to write something. As I struggled with what to write about, I found myself thinking, 'should it be something encouraging, personal, honest?' What I landed on was something that has been on my mind for a little while. Interestingly enough, something related to this just came up with family members here in the cabin. The discussion was around how someone can be happy or sad about losing a friend. While I see how people may can think that this isn't a happy situation, there is some merit to the fact that they lost that friend for a reason. There was something about the relationship that caused pain or stress. To rid that pain/stress, the relationship needed to end; thus creating a happier life for the impacted party. I guess from my perspective, if both parties are happy and the relationship is beneficial to both, there is no reason for it to end. Why is this relevant to my post today? Relationships are something ver