Why Should I Leap?

People who consider themselves important are always saying, “I’m busy,” or “I’m with a client,” or “I’m with a patient,” or “I’m on the other line and I’ll call you back.” When will they call you back? Maybe tomorrow, maybe in a week, or a month, or maybe never, so why should I leap when they call?

Those people who think that they’re on a level above yours feel that they can use your time whenever it’s convenient for them, but when you want some of their time, you’re always put on hold, because you are to them a “nobody,” or what they’re doing is more important.

Since I retired, I have noticed more and more how those people who used to be in your life now will put you on hold and never return the call. But now I am at peace with myself, and I really don’t want to hear from them either. I don’t want to hear them brag about what they’re doing, how hard they have to work, or how many clients they have to see, because I sat back one day and I counted until I couldn’t count any more: How many patients did I see in my life? I saw so many thousands that now I need time for me. Yes, there comes a time in your life when you want to say to yourself, “I am what’s important. What’s left of me is important. Yes, I am just as important as those who want to put me on hold or say they will call me back.” Now I don’t want them to call me back. I have deleted most of them from my computer and most of all, from my life, because now we travel in different circles.

It’s all right to develop a new circle of friends and acquaintances. Life has its changes; when we go through those changes, we call it metamorphosis. You go from one phase to the next, then to the next. Now that I’m in a new phase of life, I’m happy, because I’m now able to put the past behind me. I can put those who were a part of me but don’t want to continue to be a part of me behind. I moved forward, and I am happy with myself. I’m writing this to say to you, as you deal with others in your life, look around and say, “I will not let anybody think that they’re any better than me.” Regardless what their station in life may be, no one is better than you. Feel good about yourself, be yourself, be happy with what you have, and do the best you can.