We have to stop investing in relationships whether familial or romantic if there is no reciprocity. Attachment prevents us from letting go. Nothing lasts forever. Our peace and sanity is more important than being shackled to repugnant relationships. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2023
We like to hold on to habits, things and relationships. We have to let them go when they are no longer serving our best interest. Everything has its season so let’s cleanse ourselves of those people and things that clutter our lives. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2022
Our beliefs dictates our relationship with others. What we do and say is who we are, there is no place to hide from our machinations. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2021
We have to stay away from people who require us to lose ourselves when we are in a relationship with them. If we become lonely, and destitute because of the relationship we are in, how does that relationship benefit us? Relationships aren’t Insurance Policies, TFSA’s, RRSP’s or GIC’s and ought not to be invested in, […]
Be wary of people who pressure you into doing their bidding, your control ends when you acquiesce to their demands. The life you have is yours to live and you are only accountable to you. Friends can’t be bought. If you find yourself in relationships where you have to do all the giving then it […]
A relationship is not a sacrificial altar. If sacrifice is required in a relationship then the victim should be the relationship. If you have to deny yourself in any relationship it is time to cut the umbilical cord. Norma Bobb-Semple 2020
We have to be subjective about kinship. Kinship has no relationship to blood relation. Disappointment arises between ourselves and our kin because of our assumptions that their ideals are the same as ours. Our kin is not always our kinfolk. We have to find our kinfolk, those who hold the same values we do. © […]
Most of us know that love is not elusive, it is not something we have to pay a sacrificial price for. We all know the difference between love and lust. If we have to exhort people to love us, that is unreal. If we have to cower and be disrespected in the name of love […]
There comes a time in our lives when we have to let go of all the things that are no longer relevant to us. Everything is only for a time, nothing lasts forever, except the Universe. We have to get acquainted with ourselves and to bear in mind that getting in touch with who […]
Being in a world disproportionately filled with bitterness can cause us to become numb to insensitivity. It is in times like these that we have to invoke our inner being, and become the better person. This is true in all relationships, for the person worth saving is you. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2018
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