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Why I apologized to my Best Friends!
- La' Shae Alexander
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 19, 2018
How apologizing to my Friends made me a better Friend!
One of the greatest things I've learned in life is how to be my own best friend.
Somewhere around 2013, I found myself reflecting on many of the bad decisions I’d made in my life. There I was hating myself and being my own worst enemy. I was re-living the darkest days of my past over and over and over again. The heartbreak, the betrayal, the lonely nights but one day something clicked. I thought to myself “You were 17, you were a kid, what did you know?”
"This was my first lesson in forgiveness"
That was the moment I realized I had to let the things of my past go, more importantly I had to realize that I could not change what I could not control and that was the past. I had to forgive myself.
"I even apologized to myself for being so hard on myself"
In a moment of reflection I had an outer body reflection of the past that allowed me to see myself in my most valued relationships, my friendships!
I learned how important my role was in setting the tone of my friendships. Within my Self reflection, I realized growth is important in healthy relationships. Growing within ourselves and in relationships is what makes them stronger. In my reflection I grew to learn that my naivety to who I am was a weakness not only to myself by to my best girl friends.
Moment of truth, I saw the world with rose colored glasses and it affected my ability to rationalize truth. With them off I now realize I wasn't a best friend because I wasn't the best version of myself.
My lack of honesty is best described as the times when one of my girlfriend would call needing the best advice possible and I failed to be a true and honest friend every time because I told them what I thought they wanted to hear out of fear of the truth hurting them. All the while, the truth only made them stronger and better.
Those days were short lived, as I evolved and desired something more true, deep and meaningful in my life.
In being honest with myself I became more honest with my girlfriends and I'm grateful to have a sisterhood built on Trust, Love and Honesty.
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I agree we have to hold each other up. We are all sisters we all have that black magic and in us it’s no need to hate on one another. We go a lot further By supportI gotta one another. I love to see another woman thriving and push for her dream. It’s very powerful and rewarding. Shae I love you and your the stuff inside and out and I support you In everything you do. Love you and God bless💜