I learned something pretty crazy these past couple of days. I’ve been having some drama with a close friend of mine. I was able to talk to some other friends about it, and I realized something. It’s one of those things that people say and memorize, but don’t really KNOW: you can’t change other people. If she wants to start that drama, she can, but nothing says I have to subject myself to the stress. And if she wants to come talk to me and be friends with me again, then I’m cool with that too; I do still care about her a lot since she is one of my closest friends. But I can’t control her or her perspective like how she ultimately has no control of me.
I’ve accepted that I cannot change her, and had the courage to change my anger and frustration into something else more positive, and I’m glad I gained that bit of wisdom.
