Friendships change, they grow, and they die. They are much like life in that way. There are some that stick with you through your whole life, and other that come in for a part of it, then drift away, leaving their mark on your life to take with you wherever you go.
Those who stay with you provide support, opinions, honesty, kindness. You can have good times and bad, but through it all, the relationship remains intact and strong. It can handle a few speed bumps because no relationship is perfect, and you know everything will be okay. However, others may find their time with you to not be as long as you would have liked. They find that they cannot be there for you the way you hoped they would, or there is too much between you to ever return to the way it was. Sometimes, it is hard to face the end of the road with someone you have been through a lot with. You may start questioning the necessity of the end, and whether it is worth it at all.
There are times where it is hard to let go of people and relationships that have helped you get through rough patches, but in the end, it is sometimes time to stop. It doesn't mean everything must stop. There is no need to never speak to that person, or to not treat them with the kindness you always have. Just a quiet acceptance that you have grown apart, you are not interested in the same things, or there are just things that you can't work out. It may be hard to understand, and sometimes, it can be fixed. But other times, they were only meant to be with you for a while, and now someone else gets a turn. It is now time for you to turn to others to fill the new gap, or just turn to the friends that you still have. People grow apart. It happens, people need to be happy for the experience, and move on.
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