‘You can’t love someone into loving you’: Khloé Kardashian shares powerful essay about ‘letting go’

"Sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re best without."

Khloé Kardashian has shared a powerful post about "letting go with love" a little more than a month after the Tristan Thompson/Jordyn Woods scandal. The reality TV star took to Instagram on Friday to re-share the essay, which she first posted in 2016. In it, she spoke about not "shattering your own heart by trying to make a relationship (friend, family, partner) work that clearly isn’t meant to work." It said:

"'Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.' "Letting go with love takes great strength. We have to learn to stop taking on people's problems as if they are our own. "Loving people does not mean we have to carry their burdens and confusions on our back. "Sadly, You can only express your opinion on a situation. You can't want their life more than they do. This is in fact their life to figure out on their own and in their own time. "I do believe in timing. I do believe timing is everything. You forcing your beliefs and dreams down ones throat is only going to cause resentment and possibly manifest deeper issues. "Possibly to the point of no return."

She continued:

"Stop shattering your own heart by trying to make a relationship (friend, family, partner) work that clearly isn’t meant to work. "We have to stop trying to repaint people's colors. We have to learn to believe the love we AREN'T given. "You can't love someone into loving you. (God I wish it were that easy) You can’t force someone to be loyal, kind, understanding. You can’t force someone to be the person you need them to be. Even if it's for their own good!! "Sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re best without. "You have to understand... some things ARE supposed to happen in your life, but they just are NOT meant to be. "Damn... It took me so many years to understand that. "Don’t lose yourself by trying to fix what’s meant to stay broken. God always has a plan even if we can't understand it (or don't want to understand it) Even in the darkest of places... Our Lord sees His vision. "We might not understand it at the moment but I promise you, your future will always bring understanding & clarity of why things didn’t work out."

She ended the message by urging people not to "put your happiness on hold for someone (family, friend, partner) who isn’t holding on to you."