Many of us have experienced moments where we wanted to completely cut off various family members. Moments where our hurt was so great that the only reasonable option could be found in no longer having a relationship with the people we love more than anyone. Many have gone days, weeks, months and even years without speaking to the person that patted us on the back, cleaned a scraped up knee or held us as a baby. We've turned our backs on the person we proclaimed was our heart. We've named people outside of our family, as sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts and etc..only to fill the whole that the true members of our family left vacant.
Think twice when you decide to take that step and or utter those words proclaiming that this one or that one is no longer your family. Or you cut off a relative and say they are meaningless to your life...remember that the reason that caused you to feel that way may not be for your benefit. Maybe just maybe, the actions they committed were not meant for you to turn your back on them. The actions could have quite possibly been for you to open your heart even bigger, for you to show true compassion. For you to profess your love even in times of pain. For you to show what forgiveness looks like. Maybe just maybe that's what Family is.
Think twice when you decide to take that step and or utter those words proclaiming that this one or that one is no longer your family. Or you cut off a relative and say they are meaningless to your life...remember that the reason that caused you to feel that way may not be for your benefit. Maybe just maybe, the actions they committed were not meant for you to turn your back on them. The actions could have quite possibly been for you to open your heart even bigger, for you to show true compassion. For you to profess your love even in times of pain. For you to show what forgiveness looks like. Maybe just maybe that's what Family is.
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