We have been told when we were teens that we should never run away from our problems.

Sometimes you have to quit things. Sometimes you have to run away. The bible and other holy books are full of God orders to leave, run away or migrate to other land and never to look back. When I ran from the evil country called Iraq I never looked back. But I never left my family as they were and still are part of my life.

Sometimes you try something and it doesn’t work out and it would be a waste of your time to try sticking it out. Sometimes it takes more guts to quit something than to keep doing it over and over again with the same result. Edison in other hands tried 1000 times until he got it right and discover the light bulb but not all of us are Edison.

Girlfriend or boyfriend will drag you down, jobs will kill you and regrets will destroy you from the inside out. Things like these, parts of life that aren’t fulfilling you or giving you what you need, should be left behind. Sometimes you think you ‘re moving away or changing your situation but are you sure of that? Are you sure you are just running away and not just leaving?

Refusing to quit the job you hate because you’re scared to follow your true passion is not the “respectable” decision, but what if you have kids and family, of course, you have to be responsible and try hard to adapt to the change as it is the smart way to, at the same time try to find ways to change your situation and move on without running away from your responsibilities

We can run away from a toxic relationship from those who want your body but not your brain not your conversation and ideas and we can run away from those shallow people and gold diggers that they are beside you when they benefit from you and leave you when you are broke or down. There’s no statute of limitation on friendship. Just because you were friends for many years doesn’t mean you owe them many more years of your life if they seem not to understand that toxic friendship is pulling you down and restriction you from moving ahead

We can run away from a job you hate. Quitting a job isn’t the same as getting fired. There’s no shame in leaving work, but there’s a shame in never trying to find work that’s right for you. If you hate your job, quit. Otherwise, you will destroy yourself and those who around you t workplace.

Of course, if your friend is going through a rough time and needs your help, never abandon him or her. But if this person needs to be “rescued” every day, it might be time to call the drama department and let go so they can learn to depend on themselves.I used to have a friend that show up to my home without invitation and stay for long hours and every time we go out with other friends he seem to forget his wallet, one day I was in his place and I saw his wallet on the desk , I took it with me  when the time for us to pay the bill he said Oh S**t I forgot my wallet .

I gave him his wallet I said do you mean this wallet.He took it and he pulled the money to pay his part of the bill never offer to pay mine and I can see he is pulling the twenty dollars bill like pulling a piece of cotton from crazy glue. He was history after that. Why waste your time with people who are so cheap, stingy, rude to others or don’t care about you.

You can run as far as you can from people who don’t know how to respect you or your space? You are better without them.Roommates sometimes think that they are living in their parents’ house and that you are their parent they forget to clean the dishes or they always eat your grocery without buying or bringing food and always have the excuse that they forgot and that they are so busy at school or work!  

The worse is when you come back to your place you see your roommate having your food and using your steak and eggs to make a lunch to his or her 3 friends without asking you or calling you to do so.

Contrary to your miserable beliefs, most people like where they live. It’s a huge world and if this city isn’t making you happy, there’s literally millions more that could.

Why live your life in one place you hate? Run away, don’t look back and try to land somewhere where you can find yourself and invent yourself, there are so many cities that suck the life out of you.

“Running away was easy; not knowing what to do next was the hard part.” 

” Glenda Millard, a Small Free Kiss in the Dark “

 You’re allowed to run away from dreams that aren’t your own. There’s no shame in backing out of someone else’s plan for you. There are strength and honesty in that. Living your life for yourself is the most honorable life you can live.

Always run away if it means running toward something better. Sure you might make someone else sad, upset or lonely without you but you must live your life and don’t get stuck with someone who drag you down, always negative always tell you that you cannot do this or that and try to limit your dreams while they use you every single second like a cash cow, using your skills and talent to make money for them and you are sitting waiting for change to happen

No change will come until you start changing yourself from within and start living your life that you want, follow your dreams and run away from those who make you their dreams without rewarding you enough.

“I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have.”  ―”Holly Black, the Darkest Part of the Forest “

Why can’t you run away from what people think? Most opinions are unnecessary to your life as the people giving them. You’re your own person and you define yourself by the opinions you keep, not the ones being thrown at you. If you want to run away the best road to take is to run away to God with your heart and soul and he will lead you to the life that you will enjoy. It is hard to leave things that you used to or from things that addict to or routine you have been doing for a long time with so much effort but with little return.

So invest in God first and he will give you a dividend of a lifetime so don’t get stuck in a fruitless situation. You can change as long as you take the first step to leave your bad habits and keep moving forward running away from your old self.

You can leave and run away from those crazy glue friends.You just have to say it once. You just need to leave that person one time, but with enough force, to rid him or her from your life forever especially if they broke your heart.Forgiveness is a nice thing but you can forgive and forget them.Stop looking for those who sold you and start looking for those who want you.

You’re supposed to run away from failure. If you didn’t, how could you ever find success? Your failures are meant to stay in your past. You’re supposed to learn from them, grow from them and then throw them far away and don’t stay doing the same thing over and over again.

Why the hell are you running toward others and away from yourself? You’ve got it backward. You’re supposed to be completely obsessed with finding yourself, not finding everything you don’t have. You are who you are; nothing is going to change about that. The sooner you run away from those comparisons; the sooner people will start comparing themselves to you.

 No matter where you go, there you are.” ~Confucius

Thank you for reading.

writer: Steve Ramsey