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		<title>Walking Away and Letting Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By T. D. Jakes There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don&#8217;t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By T. D. Jakes</p>
<p>There are people who can walk away from you.</p>
<p>And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.<br />
I don&#8217;t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.</p>
<p>When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.</p>
<p>The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for<br />
us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]</p>
<p>People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can&#8217;t make them stay.</p>
<p>Let them go.</p>
<p>And it doesn&#8217;t mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you&#8217;ve got to know when people&#8217;s part in your story is over so that you don&#8217;t keep trying to raise the dead.<br />
You&#8217;ve got to know when it&#8217;s dead.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve got to know when it&#8217;s over. Let me tell you something. I&#8217;ve got the gift of good-bye. It&#8217;s the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m hateful, it&#8217;s that I&#8217;m faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He&#8217;ll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don&#8217;t need it. Stop begging people to stay.</p>
<p>Let them go!!</p>
<p>If you are holding on to something that doesn&#8217;t belong to you and was never intended for your life,</p>
<p>then you need to&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you are holding on to past hurts and pains &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If someone can&#8217;t treat you right, love you back, and<br />
see your worth&#8230;..</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If someone has angered you .</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you! u have a bad attitude&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you keep trying to help someone who won&#8217;t even try to help themselves&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re feeling depressed and stressed &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying &#8216;take your hands off of it,&#8217; then you need to&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2009!!!</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
<p>Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then .</p>
<p>LET IT GO!!!</p>
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		<title>Enlightenment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridgette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been avoiding people lately. Namely my friend, S, that guy I wrote about the other day, Thumper and a handful of other people. I feel like it&#8217;s mandatory not only for myself and my sanity, but for my little boy as well. I guess I feel like with time there comes a place [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been avoiding people lately. Namely <a href="http://newsinglemama.com/186/not-such-good-news/">my friend, S, that guy I wrote about the other day</a>, <a href="http://newsinglemama.com/171/i-give-up/">Thumper</a> and a handful of other people.</p>
<p>I feel like it&#8217;s mandatory not only for myself and my sanity, but for my little boy as well. I guess I feel like with time there comes a place in parenthood where you become choosier about who your friends are and the group you roll with. My group of so-called friends desperately needed tweaking. I can&#8217;t live with the constant drama. I can no longer hang with the people who were cool as hell when I was a teenager, but have yet to mature past the age of 16 as 20-somethings. The people who are in no way shape or form uplifting to me. Those make it a struggle to preserve my inner peace and happiness. I figure what is the point anymore? Yes, things may be a little lonelier now, but I am better off. And you know what? So far it&#8217;s working. </p>
<p>I also feel like I can no longer do this on my own spiritually. It&#8217;s taken me awhile, but I realize I&#8217;m not Superwoman. I&#8217;m not able to completely control of my life and destiny. I&#8217;m not able to single-handedly juggle all that life throws at me. Maybe I need that Higher Power for guidance so I can find my way out of the darkness. I need Him for strength as I continue on trying to become the woman I need to be for not only myself, but for my son. To raise him up into an upstanding young man and provide him with a full life. I&#8217;m ready for things to be on the right track again and I feel they never fully will be without Him.</p>
<p>And no this will not turn into a preachy blog. Let&#8217;s just call it gradual spiritual enlightenment.</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>I had an emotional breakdown last night. I temporarily went insane. The pain became too much. I couldn&#8217;t move, I couldn&#8217;t get comfortable and on top of everything my son decided to start kicking me as hard as he could. It was driving me wild. I called my mom and let loose. She was awesome and drove over to just sit next to me until I fell asleep in bed. I think I&#8217;m going to buy some flowers and give them to her tomorrow for my birthday. Just to show her I appreciate her, firstly for all she went to bring me into the world and now all she does since I have been in the world. I completely understand being a mother now and I know it ain&#8217;t easy. It should be her day as much as mine.</p>
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