Oftentimes, the only way we can truly help another person is to simply to let them go; to accept that the path they have currently chosen is the necessary one for their lives at that point in time.  And this is often especially true in those times when we most wish for them to follow a less painful (or a “better”) way …

Recently, a very good friend of mine chose to walk “the deadly way” of superficial pleasure and self-centered “living”, and I initially wished for her to return to a path of selfless kindness; the only path I have personally found to bring any measure of deep-seated Happiness … And yet, after suffering for her (futilely, I might add), I eventually chose to simply Love her — to respect her choices as the only ones that she would eventually “hear”; as the only ones that will eventually lead her back onto the Road of Peace.

This was difficult for me to do, and yet as I persisted in doing so, I found that my Love for her deepened.  And even though she continues along her “darker road” even to this day, I know that my newly chosen unconditional Love for her — a Love without any hopes or expectations; a Love for her that will continue whether she ever returns to a life of kindness or not — is doing far more good for her than my previous worries and wishes ever did.

Filed under: Practical Tips for Peace-full Living by Scaughdt