Good day, amazing people of the Hive Blockchain. Welcome back to my blog. It is another edition in the #hivelearners community. I am so delighted to participate in this week's prompt, letting go.
Although as we grow up, we will see reason to cut off some friends in our life who are not revert because having them in our life is risky because they will keep drawing us back. The best thing is to let them go for my own good. It is not always easy to let go; it only takes a brave mind to let go. I see it as one of the hardest decisions to take, more especially when it comes to family. It is always hard to close your heart on them because you have many things in common with them and a lot of memories with them, and you can’t just let them go. Just like it is even hard to let go of a friend, not to talk of family members.
I don’t know; whenever it has to do with family members, the situation is always complicated because right from the time you were created, they have always been there for you. You started life with them; the bond is so strong. They are people that love and cherish us; they always have our back. Family always want us to be successful, and they always want the very best for us.
Due to the love they have for us, most times they will be doing something in their mind; they are doing it for our good without seeing it from our own view. They believe that they want the best for you without them knowing that the decision may affect me and not be in my interest. I have been in such a situation before; believe me, it was not easy for me. If you have ever let go of family, you will understand how hard the situation can be. I will not lie; I was so depressed because people who I can run up to are people I am trying to let go of in my life.
I am from a Catholic family, and I went to Catholic school. After my secondary school, I went straight to the convent because my parents wanted me to be a reverend sister. After the first semester, I came back home, and I told my parents I can’t be a reverend sister; that is not my thing. They were so mad at me; all I could hear was, ‘Who are you to decide what you want to be?’ All my parents are after is to be called 'Reverend Sister Parent', but they don’t care if I really want to be one. I thought of packing my bag and running out of the house, but that is not the best option for me.
During this period it seems like I was on my own; it was a tough situation for me at that tender age, fighting with my family. Even when I attached emotions, it was not working for my parent. My parents went as far as threatening me with education: if I didn’t go into the convent, they would never pay for my school fees. At this point, I was about to give up the fight.
One faithful day as my parents went to work, I packed my bag and ran out of the house to my mom's elder sister's house. She was never in support of the pressure from my parents. I have to leave them behind so that I will not be stuck. My mom's elder sister trains me in school. It has always been my dream to work in a media house. Today whenever my parents hear my voice on the radio, they are always happy. My parents are my top fans.
The picture is mine
I know what I want; that is why I have to take that bold step and detach from family. I never stop loving my family because I understand they want the best from me. Most times my mom will always tell me to go and marry and give her grandchildren. I will laugh and ask her, 'Had it been that I ended up as a sister, would you be asking me for grandchildren?' She will smile. Whenever I look at them, they always feel bad about the way they treated me back then.
Most times my mom will tell me she is proud of me and that she is happy I didn’t allow them to choose my path just like the way they did for my siblings. My siblings call me the woman king lol.
Letting go of. My family doesn’t mean you hate them, just that you don’t want to be stuck in their future; you need to raise and pursue your own future.
This is my entry on the weekend prompt #hivelearners #hl-w186e1 topic: let go.
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This must have been tough, most parents tends to believe they know what is best for their children and they feel it is their responsibility to dictate our career path, sometimes their need to protect us from harm's way tends to hurt us in the process.
I don’t buy this idea of parent choosing path for kids thank for stopping by
I sincerely love and appreciate your viewpoint ma
Letting them go doesn't mean we hate them, NO! We just have to be independent at least so we can grow up personally too.
Nice write-up