In an unhealthy friendship?

I've struggled over the last few years to let friends go, and I couldn't quite figure out why.

I knew that I didn't feel the same way about that person, I knew that I didn't enjoy their company anymore, yet I couldn't bring myself to walk away.

I lay in bed one night thinking about the friendships I had walked away from, and the reasons why.  I slept on those thoughts and the next morning it dawned on me, literally!

My loyalty to the people I had in my life was over riding everything.  My morals, my beliefs, everything.  I was working so hard to maintain my loyalty to these people, that I wasn't being true to myself.  I was trying to be a good person, which I think I am, yet I was letting down the person who mattered the most.  Myself.

I'm 53 and am relieved to say that I'm still learning life lessons and that's ok, it really is.

It's ok to walk away from people that don't belong in your life anymore.  It doesn't make you a bad person.  While your actions might hurt someone initially, in the long term you are doing both of you a huge favour.  

By being true to yourself, you are giving your absolute best to the world.