I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away. I'd think that I could be in the middle of Africa, and I could always say 'excuse me,' and walk away. The thing is, though, the line of work I'm in now, I can't walk away. Because there is no 'away.' Wherever…
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I always get to where I'm going by walking away from where I've been.
— Tom McCarthy, Alex Ross Perry, Allison Schroeder, Mark Steven Johnson, Greg Brooker, Winnie the Pooh, Jim Cummings, imdb.com
I am starting to learn that maybe walking away is the best thing you can do for yourself, and for the person you love. Maybe walking away is you making peace with the fact that sometimes things and people and happiness changes. Maybe it is the bravest thing you can do. Maybe, when you walk away, you…
Evan Lawson: Wait, I'm not done talking. Hank Lawson: I know. That's why I'm going.
I might be the one walking away, but you're the one who's leaving. Again.
But wouldn't you like to know what happened after Hannah left that day? She walked out of this office...and she hoped you would come after her. But you didn't. You let her walk away. We all let her walk away. She walked out of school... went home... and put some things in order. She returned her uni…
It's easier to walk away than to fight for what you really want.
It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.
She wants to stick around but she finds it easier to walk away. She finds it easier to be alone. She finds it easier to be selfishly guarded instead of getting hurt again.
With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I’d never forget…
Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared to merge w…
I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served.
Your destiny isn’t tied to the people who walked away.
We see this principle with Jesus. After a long day of teaching and praying for people, the scripture says He left the crowds and went away to rest. There were still many needy people asking for prayer. I'm sure some of them thought, "Wow, we traveled all this way, and He didn't even wait to pray for…
Maybe your journey is not about finding love, maybe it’s about loving yourself. Maybe it’s about rebuilding yourself or maybe it’s about walking away. Walking away from it all, from what you used to know, from who you used to be and going in another direction where better things await
Just know it comes with a heavy heart. And I don’t think of it as giving up on you. I think of it as giving each other what we actually deserve. It breaks me to finally accept what we deserve most isn’t each other.
But sometimes, the greatest test of love is letting someone go, because they deserve more than what you can give.
I wanted to move far away enough from you, that even if I looked back, I wouldn’t be tempted to turn around.
Just know it took everything in me to say goodbye to you. Moving on isn’t the hard part. But staying moved on is the task that will be difficult.