Small moments from a long life
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Why are there so many elephants in your room? How come you are ignoring them when they are taking up so much space? Look around your life. You are being suffocated.
First acknowledge that the elephants are there, that they are affecting you and everyone else around you. Then, get rid of those elephants from your room. The thing is, everyone else sees them in your life as well. The only person you are fooling is yourself.
Stretch, enjoy the space around you. That’s the only way you can grow.
Sometimes I would rather have an elephant in the room and keep a friend than loose the elephant and the friend. There are some things best left unsaid. For example, you might ‘know’ (or think you know) that someone is doing something that is not a good idea, or did something that is unlikely to turn out well. Will they thank you for telling them? There are some elephants that it is better to deal with, but there will also be some that should be left to leave of their own accord !
H NickB, I agree that some things are better left unsaid. We know that white lies preserve rather than destroy most relationship. However, I consider “elephants in the room” much more than these. These are situations and circumstances that hog up a lot of space in your life that shouldn’t be ignored, yet many of us do.
It’s probably just semantics. Appreciate your comment though.
John
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