How learning independence taught me about relationships

I think learning how to be more independent taught me the most about having better relationships.  Yes you read that right haha.  Let me explain now.  This summer has taught me that I don’t need people as much.  It’s taught me that I can do things by myself.  I have learned not to be so dependent on certain people and to not let what they think of me control me.  Before I wanted certain people to like me and I would crave their attention.  Being in Hawaii I realized people are busy, they have things in their lives going on and they are not always going to be able to do things with me.  I learned that if I wanted to do something I might have to just go and do it myself and that is ok.  But I think learning that along with learning other things this summer taught me more about loving other people and caring about other people and how to serve people better.   In learning everything I’ve learned it’s helped me to have better relationships with people and to learn how to relate to people better and to learn that people are just people.  We are flawed but we are trying to do the best we can and as brothers and sisters in Christ (for those who are Christian) we are just trying each day to love God and love others more and to serve Christ and others as best as we can.  Hopefully every day we can learn how to die to self and we can become more like Christ.  It is a blessing and an awesome privilege to run this race with y’all! Love you and praying for you!