Let them. (What have you walked away from and not looked back?)

[girlfriend44]

I thought this might be interesting.
There's a saying go round and a group called let them.

You walk away from conflict, arguments, problems without getting angry and getting into conflict also chasing people when the relationship is toxic.
You basically walk away and let people think what they want.
Have you walked away and not engaged recently and let them.

I think sometimes it can make you feel better.

We always think we have to engage, argue back, try and get our point across, be worried about what people think.
Have you adopted the let them approach and has it helped you?

I have lived by this since 1995.
I suddenly was done with a few people.
I had tried my best but realised that nothing would change if I didn't.
So I did just that.
Dropped the rope.

I then realised that sometimes all we share with people is history, not genuine love, friendship, or even basic respect.
So I dropped the rope there too.

30 years later it has served me very well.
Painful at times for sure, but peaceful, calm, and absolutely within my control.

It is so hard to change even small things about myself that I dislike, the idea that I might change someone else, is completely preposterous to my thinking.

So I let them.😁

I have been seeing this phrase a lot on SM. I don’t think its something to use in every situation as sometimes I believe you have to speak out and in doing so sometimes changes are made/situations improved etc. I can think of quite a few scenarios in my life where something is wrong and I have spoke up, my opinion has sometimes been taken on board and the situation is improved and I was glad I did.

But I can also identify with saying something, caring too much and going over the same old same old ground and trying to change things, hoping things improve but nothing happens you end up back to square one each time and speaking out can cause a lot of stress, worry, frustration and doesn’t achieve anything.

I guess you have to cherry pick and not apply it across the board. I couldn’t walk away from every single situation for a whole host of different reasons and whilst in some situations it might work (say teen not wanting to wear a coat in the rain) in other situations (sometimes it is right to speak out and speak up) or you could end up feeling a like a door mat and life could be very boring. If you applied the let them mantra to every scenario? Or am I missing something?