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Dear Reader,
When you write a daily column, every one can't be a winner in everybody's mind, including my own. So I've had to learn when to let go. Change a word here or there, move a sentence, add or delete a line, but truth be told, the first version would have probably been just fine for most people. And the small group of finicky readers...well, if those people woke up in a good mood, they'd enjoy reading the column, if they didn't then they probably wouldn't. But the good news is, I get another chance to get their attention tomorrow.
The point is, sometimes I can nit-pick things to death when I should have let go early on in the process. Rewriting or reworking a difficult situation--wait too long, and it only gets tougher to move on down the road.
Knowing when to let go of a relationship is a tough call, too. Even when I've been upset with someone, after a little cooling off period, it seemed so foolish not to set aside what came between us and continue to have some kind of bond. But sometimes knowing when to call it quits--no hard feelings, but it's just not going to work--is what I need to do to save myself. I could try to rewrite the relationship, but if the first version wasn't a good match, it probably won't ever be.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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