Entitlement Kills Relationships

Miss somebody? Text/call/email them. Drop your ego and let them know. Don’t let entitlement suffocate your relationships.

Good morning!

Have you ever missed someone and said nothing?

Earlier this week, I was listening to a talk about entitlement and the idea that people owe us something.

Entitlement is this strange poison that leads us to believe that we are exceptional — whether we believe we are the best and happiest or the worst and saddest — and deserve special treatment from those around us, and that we don’t have to love people and be kind to deserve their goodness towards us, they need to love us simply because we’re special.

Now, let’s hypothetically say that you miss your friend you haven’t talked to in a few months; you’re on good terms, as far as you know, so this is not a special case. You have the desire to text this friend and let them know that you miss them and would love to catch up. And perhaps you should.

However, if you’re dealing with this sense of entitlement, your ego might pipe up and say, “Well, I get that, but listen. He/She has your number, they could text you if they wanted to. Why don’t you wait for them to reach out instead? Why risk looking like a fool?”

Over half a decade ago (which to me is a long time), I learned that you can’t leave it to other people to initiate anything; if you desire any form of relationship with somebody, you must make the first step. Eventually, if the stars align, they’ll come around and text you first or call you out of the blue, but you must put in the work to cultivate the friendship yourself, you can’t leave it up to chance.

So, hey. Who do you miss today? Who could you send a simple text to? What are you waiting for? Get out there and do something about it.

God bless you, have a great rest of your week! (P.S. Please let me know how I could best partner with you in prayer, I would love to pray for you.)

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