Red Flags

Red flags are the warning signs that appear in a friendship, a relationship or a situation.

How do you read these red flags?

I've been known to ignore them...bad habit.

I always want to believe the best in people.

I never want to admit that someone is wrong for me or something isn't right.

I'm totally that girl who wants her happily ever after in life.

Even in friendships red flags can go up.

A one-sided friendship, a manipulative friendship, or a distant friendship.

I've experienced all of these...in both friendships and relationships.

It's always funny how friends and family try to warn you or point out these "red flags", but we choose to ignore them until it's too late...

How do you stop from repeating past mistakes?

Pick up on those red flags someone has told me.

But do you go your whole life waiting for those red flags to appear? Constantly comparing your past to the present?

How are you supposed to move forward if you're always looking backward?

I'm young and still learning.

No one is perfect, and I've come to realize and understand that.

Red flags or not, the one thing you can rely on is your instinct.

Trust your instinct and your heart.

If you make a few mistakes and misjudge a person, situation or relationship along the way...learn from it, forgive yourself and move on.

You never know...some red flags might actually be "green flags"...