Wednesday 16 March 2016

Shut The Front Door!



Hello Beautiful People!

It's a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon and i felt really compelled to reach out and share something with you... something that i'm absolutely positive quite a number of us have experienced at some point or another.

CLOSURE!!! 
Yep!

Now, personally i have more than enough stories to give pertaining to this but i thought to do a little research and i came up with a lot of interesting stuff.

First off, let me define closure...



- An act or process of closing something... or of being closed (obviously)

Now to the interesting stuff i found which is the basis for this post...

- To attempt to "move on" following the termination of a relationship with another individual.

- A word used by overly-emotional , self-centered "drama queens" ...mostly women (says who?)

- A word created during the 90's which was borne out of individuals unable to cope with relationship failure.

- Individuals using this word insinuate that the more stable party is responsible for all of the "closured" individual's problems... including the war in Iraq, airbag safety issues, PMS, bad hair days...etc...

I truly had a good laugh reading this!

But honestly, take away all the drama, closure just simply describes an individual's desire for a firm answer and an aversion toward ambiguity.

In these times, there is a lot of vagueness to relationships. These are the days where you hear phrases such as "Let's see where this goes"...which begs the eventual question " What are we doing?"

Interestingly, this concept isn't exclusively for love relationships. Perhaps you have a friend...or even a family member who really hurt you or said some nasty stuff about you and you just can't shake it off. You're still waiting... waiting for an apology that may never come. It could also have been a bad breakup... and you're waiting... waiting for that moment when they realize that they've lost a good thing. Oh! I've been there, done that, and got a t shirt to show for it.

Truth is, you can never begin the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. I think the people who manufacture cars are really very smart. They made a rear view mirror so that once in a while, you can take a quick glance at what's behind but they also made the very big wind shield for you to keep looking ahead. 

A very wise  man said, if you keep looking at the rear view mirror while driving, you're an accident going somewhere to happen!

I've only got one word for ya...    

MOVE ON!!! 

sorry...that was two words...lol

When you get to the point where you can make the decision to close that door with or without the apology or affirmative answer...and wishing them well...then you have truly moved on. Until then, they still got a hold on you and let's face it, no one is worth is that.

Life goes on. Take the occasional glance behind to see how far you have come and be grateful for the things you learned... take a deep breath, filling your heart with so much expectation of what lies ahead... walk!

It is that simple. 

May not be easy, but very simple.

That seemingly sad goodbye will lead you straight right into a beautiful hello, i promise you'll see.








16 comments:

  1. Powerful blog post. Not allowing anyone live rent free in my head/heart. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thank You Sir Mustee... no one is worth going through all that heart burn and pain.

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  2. Eerm... When i saw 'closure', thought we are gonna have a lil chat bout weavon closures... But this one's good too. I remember one time i was finding it hard shutting a door... I wrote out the lyrics of Whitney Houston's "Where do broken hearts go? ". Did yoi just scream dumb! in your mind? Well, you can say it out loud...that wasnt an instance of smart. I've heard different tips on moving on like imagining them as monkeys which i think might work but really really, the Holy Spirit is a perfect rehab master!

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    1. hahahahahahahahaaa... oh my goodness! that's a good one... imagining them as monkeys. A good way to move on is to extract yourself from the situation. if you used to hang out before, don't hangout. Not cos you're avoiding them but you need time all by yourself to gain clarity and put things in perspective... and yes! the Holy Spirit is truly indeed the perfect rehab master.
      Thank you for sharing Wura.

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  3. Awesome piece. Keeping 'closed' doors open is like keeping a wound fresh. It may hurt to close it but u'll heal eventually and wonder what all the fuss was about before. More grace Nnenna.

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    1. Thank you so much Ehis. You're spot on when you say keeping closed doors open is like keeping a wound fresh. It would never heal. It may take some time...but the healing would happen and you'll be better for it.
      Thank you for sharing.

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  4. amazing amazing...... i really appreciate this encouragement, i needed to hear it. bless your heart Nina, thank you for sharing

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    1. Awwww... Thank you T.K. I am so glad i was inspired to write this and it encouraged you. Keep that door closed. If its yours it will come back to you, if not a far better one is just around the corner.
      Thanks again.

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  5. I don move on, carry go jare! Nice piece. Thanks for writing, and sharing

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    1. Lol... i'm sure you have. Thank you so much reading.

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  6. Nice one Nina. More ginger to your swagger. LOL

    Reego

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  7. Nice piece!Great job dearie. Life is already too serious to not move on, besides none of us gets out of here alive anywaiz.

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    1. True that. Life is so fleetingly to not quickly move away from what doesn't serve us and on to awesome stuff that awaits us.

      Thank you so much for reading.

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  8. Thank you Adaobi... its such a pleasure having you read my blog.

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