Front Row or Balcony?

When I was a therapist, I came across this gem that many of my clients found helpful. I don’t know who wrote the original piece, and I’ve added to it just a bit.

Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people who need to be loved from a distance.

It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? When you leave certain people, do you feel better, or do you feel worse? Which ones feed on drama, or don’t really understand, know, or appreciate you?

Loving certain people from a distance is still loving them, and it’s also taking care of YOU, which is always a smart thing to do.

The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love, and truth around you, the easier it will be for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.