We talk about give and take as if it balances neatly.
But do we ever measure whether what we’ve given is still worth holding?
Buildings fall when foundations crack, when design flaws reveal themselves, or when someone decides the land is worth more without them. Lives and investments aren’t much different.
My problems don’t live within a balance sheet or a mission statement.
They live in the tension between what endures and what is fading.
Like buildings, people and projects collapse when the foundation fails, or when their useful life is judged to be over. Sometimes they crumble on their own, sometimes they’re taken down early.
The question is never just, “Can it still stand?”
The question is, “Should it?”
What is worth rehabilitation, and what is better left behind?
Quiet enjoyment, that elusive state, can only come once we stop propping up what no longer serves us.
Aging structures are not always dangerous, but they do demand attention, money, and energy.
Some deserve restoration. Others have passed their economic life.
I believe the same holds for our choices.
Relationships that no longer nourish us, beliefs that once guided but now bind, investments of time, energy, or money that return less and less.
What are you holding up past its time?
What could you release to enjoy more peace, more strength, more quiet?
Quiet enjoyment begins when we know what to let fall.
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