{"id":4251,"date":"2017-11-01T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:08","slug":"when-you-should-let-go-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/when-you-should-let-go-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"When\u00a0 You Should Let Go\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Sometimes you simply have to let go of a relationship!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do not break your own heart by trying to fix a relationship that is clearly not meant to work.<\/p>\n<p>You cannot force someone to like you or to be loyal.\u00a0 Nor can you turn someone into the person you need them to be.\u00a0 Sometimes the person you want most is the person you are best without.<\/p>\n<h4>Some things are simply not meant to stay.<\/h4>\n<p>Remember that you cannot get the relationship you need from someone who is not ready to give it to you.<\/p>\n<p>Even though you might not understand why this is happening right now, your future will always help you understand why things did not work out.<\/p>\n<p>You should never \u00a0put your happiness on hold for someone who isn\u2019t holding on to you. Some chapters of your life \u00a0just have to close without the satisfaction of closure.<\/p>\n<p>During the past year, I had this situation in my life.\u00a0 Someone\u00a0 I thought was my friend just suddenly turned away from me.\u00a0 I went home and spoke with my husband about the matter.\u00a0 Then my counselor.\u00a0 Both my husband and counselor agreed that perhaps the problem lies within the other person, not in me.\u00a0 They both suggested I simply walk away but leave the door open to any friendship in the future. The person I thought was a friend has not yet walked back through the door I left open and all I can do is pray for her and send kind and loving thoughts her way.\u00a0 In the meantime, I am not allowing this issue affect my life.\u00a0 I am simply moving on by focusing on other things in my life that are satisfying. I am not letting her attitude take the wind out of my sails or the smile off my face!<\/p>\n<p>Trying to hold on to a relationship with someone who does not want it only makes you more anxious and depressed.\u00a0 Always remember that your own mental health should always be your primary concern.<\/p>\n<h4>Let go of what you need to let go of!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/pearl-wisdom-near-river-bj-rae-eagle\/\">A\u00a0pearl of wisdom for you&#8230;<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/home\/damaged-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">Always be proud of your scars!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think everyone needs?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/home\/never-give-up-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">The hero you are searching for is not far away.\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you simply have to let go of a relationship! Do not break your own heart by trying to fix a relationship that is clearly not meant to work. You cannot force someone to like you or to be loyal.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/when-you-should-let-go-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,356,132],"tags":[1588,208,77,1271,1269,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,1332,1321,47,12,1331,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,1327,1336,1335,1268,967,1333,297,1299],"class_list":["post-4251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-calming-anxiety-near-river-bj-rae","category-overcome-depression-near-river-bj-rae","tag-common-core-eagle-reading-book","tag-anxiety","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-depression","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-let-go","tag-reading-book","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4251"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21133,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions\/21133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}