"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink it.."
How many times have we heard that phrase?
How many times have I been that phrase?
There are seasons in my life where all of my friends are standing around the puddle. Shoot, there are seasons in my life where I am the only fool at the puddle, but this is not about me! I have given all that I could, said all that I can to help them but yet they still stand around the puddle. They look at the puddle, they see themselves in the puddle, they even splash themselves with the puddle, but they will not take the necessary steps to drink the damn puddle. It is so painful to watch.
What is the breaking point? When is it okay to say enough is enough?
There is such a fine line between standing with someone while they go through their issues and walking away because the shit got to be too much. Take a drug addict for example. How long will you be friends with someone abusing drugs? You have intervention after intervention but they continue to hurt themselves. You continue to lead them to the puddle but they stand there. Hell, sometimes they walk away and you have to follow after them hoping to bring them back to the puddle.
It is hard to watch people continue to struggle when the answer is right in front of them. But then it dawned on me, they are not ready. Timing is everything for people to realize their truth. So no matter how many times you drag them back to the puddle, if they are not ready to see the puddle and drink it, it's useless.
So how many times will you lead the horse? When will you give up on the horse and let them lead themselves? With friends I guess never because even when you say you will stop, you never really give up trying to help them.
#dearpuddle You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them thirsty