Your History vs Your Heart

Tori Joy
2 min readOct 29, 2020
Photo by Khadeeja Yasser on Unsplash

Some of you believe it’s better to stay in relationships just because you share a long history with that person, even though that person might not be giving you what you need or desire anymore.

Some of you keep telling yourselves that it’s easier to just stay then to face the inevitable.

Some of you don’t want to give up, because then all the time and energy you invested into that one person would have been for nothing. But that is where I believe you have gone wrong.

Every person that comes into your life enters for a purpose and leave as a lesson. And as much as it might hurt to walk away, there is nothing wrong with walking away from someone who once meant the world to you, because maybe they still do.

You can miss a person but not want to be with them. You can still be thankful for the past you share but not want them in your future.

It is normal to feel like no one could measure up because they know everything there is to know about you, but people will always come and go from your life, that’s life. It’s important to understand that some people are only meant to be temporary stops along your journey.

You are constantly growing and changing. What might have been right for you 6 months ago might not be right for you now and that is perfectly okay.

At the beginning you might feel guilty, or selfish for being the one to leave but it could also become the best thing for the other person too. You’ll both have the chance to grow individually. You’ll have the opportunity to find the place where you both truly belong. And finding out where that is, is the greatest and most exciting adventure there is.

So, do whatever makes the current you happy and listen to your heart over your history. It’ll win every time.

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Tori Joy

Welcome to my heart & soul. I am a writer about life lessons, self-improvement, love and relationship and our human emotions. Visit my website www.torijoy.org