Tree (Metaphor #1)
Now I love metaphors as you will see. Just you wait.
So we are a tree. The main part, the trunk of the tree.
We meet people in our lives and they fill into one of four roles:
Root, branch, leaf or apple.
Roots are our real friends that lift us up and want to and help us thrive. They provide a stable foundation and support of the tree to grow and move on.
Branches are supportive acquaintances that maybe don’t have enough time or energy to be a root. They help you occasionally reach towards your potential but can snap and fall off.
Leaves are people that are meant to teach us or give us something that we need for the moment and then fall off and disappear. They are there for a specific purpose and that’s it. It is easy for them to outgrow their usefulness and become toxic and harmful to you. Example: After I had the falling out with my family, I felt alone and lost. I met someone through playing video games and they gave me the companionship I needed to get through hard times but I relied on they too much. I ended up keeping them around over 5 years knowing that something was wrong but I didn’t want to be alone. They were abusive, passive aggressive, narcissistic and loved to guilt trip. They hated me being in other relationships and would try to sabotage them for their gain. Immediately after I removed this person from my life, my mental health and outlook on life improved tremendously.
Apples are what I call “surface friends”. They can seem supportive and nutritious from the outside which they are majority of the time but sometimes their insides they can be full of worms that can really hurt the tree. These are people that will support you when you need help but can’t deal with you having more then them. Their insecurities don’t allow them to stay in your shadow for long. They will allows have a better story or do something better than you. Anytime something good happens for you, inside they see it as they aren’t good enough.
