LESSONS & LETTERS
By Nikki White
CONNIE DENNIS
ConnieLeeDennis@msn.com
(828) 646 - 1651
JIM BLYTH
JimBlyth@iCloud.com
(828) 734 - 4444
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
ElkCountryRealty.com
Burning Bridges
I assume we have all heard the expression that says, “be careful
not to burn that bridge.” I remember this being told to me over and
over as a teenager and then as a young adult. My mom would push
this saying down my throat when I was contemplating quitting a
job, leaving a friendship, writing a tough worded letter or wanting
a conversation with someone deserving of my unmuted words.
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another familiar expression. I decided to stand up for myself and a friend of mine that was employed by
a multimillion-dollar land development company in Florida. It was my intention to take my issues up
with the owner himself. After being told time and time again to not make my voice heard, to walk away
and go quietly and to not “burn that bridge,” I decided to go with my gut and burn that bridge. Since
then, I have never looked back, and I have never regretted my decision.
Being in the fourth decade of my life, I have learned that there are a lot of expressions that I grew up
hearing that I do not agree with, nor do I live my life by. I have burned a lot of bridges in my past and I
am sure there will be more in the future.
I understand and believe in choosing wisely of the bridges I burn, but I do not walk in fear of striking
that match. We are all people in this world, and it is pure common sense how we are meant to treat one
another. There isn’t a single person that should be more powerful over you than you are over yourself.
The ingrained fear of “what if” that comes along and disrupts our abilities to making strong decisions
for ourselves is a tactic that needs to be “unlearned.”
At the end of the day, I pray that as a human race, we begin to stand up for ourselves in situations that
are seemingly easier to accept because we choose to tolerate the bullshit, versus grabbing that book of
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lessly when the solutions are better found with a burnt bridge versus years of built up anger and spite
and become reckless gossip.
We are all just people. Don’t walk in fear of other people. Choose wisely yet fearlessly when burning
bridges and may the burning bridges light the way for you moving forward.
Always, Truly, Thankful.
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