Should we fight for friendships? … (07/30/08)

Oftentimes, one or more of the relationships in our lives reaches a clear point of separation — when one (or more) of our friends is clearly moving in a “different direction” than we are, or has adopted a set of beliefs that simply do not harmonize with our own. Sometimes it is we who are the source of this discord via our own change of direction or belief.
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It is natural in such instances for us to “fight for the friendship” — to try to “make things work out” in order to keep the relationship from coming to an end …
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What to do in such instances?  Here are a few thoughts:
1)  You cannot ever successfully fight for a friendship — either they exist smoothly from both sides or not at all (regardless of what we might think to the contrary) …
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2)  When a friend dismisses us or leaves us, it need not be a cause for sadness, as our time and energies are then freed up to Love another AND we can choose to cherish the fact that we were blessed to share our lives with them at all …

3)  As long as we are searching to be loved (or respected or cared for etc.), we cannot attract the same into our lives!  Only when we choose to shift our focus to being conscious agents of Love (giving to others without desiring to receive from them) will like-minded people be called into our lives.  And until that choice is made, self-centered intentions will only attract similarly self-centered relationships …

4)  Loneliness, while “reasonable”, is solely a self-centered phenomenon. The ego might try to convince you that you are “only human” and that longing for love and companionship is “normal”, and yet the Truth of being Human is much deeper — if you choose to make it so!  You are not “only human” — You are HUMAN!  And this means that you allWays have choices as to how you will feel and what you will do, regardless of the situations or circumstance that flow your way.  As such, the best way to stop feeling lonely is to choose to focus on the Blessings in your Life, and then to re-member them by going out into the world and doing selfless good for others — with no thought at all as to what you might receive in return.

The presence of mental dis-ease (specifically, your loneliness, fear, sadness or anger in relation to a dissolving relationship) is actually a powerful sign that you are Ready — right here, right now — to make this all-Important leap of Faith.  Your ego will tell you that this selfless shift is a recipe for more loneliness and despair, and yet, if you have the courage to persist in loving others for Love’s sake, you will inevitably find more Love coming back to You than you know what to do with …

So go and BE the Love you wish to feel!