Worth Your Time?
Wow it’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve been on here and did a blog. 2010 has started out to be a – well lets keep it positive and say interesting year although there are other words that would probably be a better fit.
I’m not typically someone who lives with regrets. I tend to do what I want when I want and usually look at things more as life learning experiences. The most important thing we can do is learn and grow but sometimes there are certain things that turn into a regret no matter how hard we try to live without them. I have a couple of recent regrets – I’m not exactly thrilled by this but now it’s time to turn those regrets into something more useful – like putting things into perspective and figuring out what can be taken out of the situation.
Sometimes it’s hard to put things into perspective. I’m struggling with this recently. Some things have happened that I still don’t understand and probably never will – which in part is probably why it’s difficult for me to organize my thoughts about it. The most precious thing anyone can give to you or that you can give to someone else is time. But at what cost?
Sometimes you give someone your time and it works out to be a beautiful friendship or more and sometimes (most times I’d say) you give your time to someone and it turns out to not work out in a good way and is essentially a waste of your precious time (time that could have been given to someone who deserved it). So really how do you weigh out if someone is worth your time? How long do you hang in there to find out? So many questions and yet the bottom line is you don’t know unless you jump in right?
That’s what I thought until recently. I think there is a line for how long one should hang in there and how much time someone should invest before they take a long hard look at the situation and question whether it’s worth it. More times then not you’ll probably find that in fact it’s not worth it – not worth your time – not worth whatever emotions you invest into the situation – just not worth it.
Then of course there are times where things work out to be life long friendships and more for some. I’ve been very blessed to have some very awesome people come into my life – I’ll always be grateful for the few that I’ve found who are with me through everything – the best friends anyone could have. These are the people who are with you no matter the situation – they may not agree with what you are doing but they give their support no matter how hard it is. These are the people worth your time – the people who love and care about you and want you in their lives – these are the people to hold onto and to not let go of. As hard as it is – everyone else is just a stepping stone to get you to the next phase of your life. And before this question comes up from people I know this post is not about any one person but more a few people who have been in out and of my life for various reasons – some of them are not as clear as others but in the end I’m sure things work out the way they are supposed to.
So as you can tell I’ve got a lot that I’m thinking about and trying to work out but I’d also like to take this time to thank my family and friends for sharing their lives with me and allowing me to share mine with them.
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True, no point wasting time on someone or something that isn’t worth it.