Sometimes your inability to let go has nothing to do with real love and everything to do with what that person represents in your life. Why do you give them so much importance? Why do you believe that God doesn't love you enough that he would not bring someone else into your life? Why do you put up with less than you deserve? Shannon L. Alder
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Sometimes our inability to let go has everything to do with what that person represents in our life. It has nothing to do with love. When you love someone, you want them to be happy and you will make sacrifices for their happiness. When they are unhappy, you want to make them happy again.

When there is no hope for the future, you want them to have hope of a better future. When they are stupid, you want them to get smarter. When they are wrong, you want them to get right.

Why? Because when they get right, it's because of you. You got them right and not the other way around.

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