new beginnings

It's rather odd to think that your life can change in a matter of months, how it almost feels like years have passed in just a few months. People even. They change too. Some people who you used to  spend most of your free time with aren't even in your life anymore. How do these things happen? How is it that people you were so close to, could tell everything to, don't even know what you're doing or haven't even met your dog? A quote keeps playing in the back of my mind, "Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same." 

I guess life has a plan. We keep going, but we learn. Each person who comes into our lives is there for a reason. Some people are meant to be in our lives for a long time because that's just how it is. The lessons we learn from them keep coming. They are the ones who will always be there, just like you will be for them. Those are the people who become family. Then, there are others who come into your life briefly to teach you a valuable life lesson. Maybe it's to be careful who you trust, or to test your values, or to have some fun. Thanks for teaching me to be happy with myself and to never settle. Thanks for teaching me to not pretend to be something else or think about doing something I would never do in a million years. 

It's just funny how much life has changed, yet how much it hasn't at the same time. Here I sit on my bed with my dog resting her head on the keyboard as I type, and my punching bag and GLoves are on the floor next to me. two of those things weren't here the last time we spoke. 

just an FYI, i still like to look back on the good moments like bowling or the last nights we hung out. i choose to remember the good, learn from the bad, and let those moments go once the lesson has been learned because holding on won't get me anywhere. We made those decisions. no regrets will ever be had about how our friendships came to be or how they drifted apart. I only wish the best for you, for all the people who have fallen out my life, whether on good terms or bad. May our lives become not only what we want, but what we need, and maybe, just maybe, we'll meet again one day. If it's meant to be, it will.

Here's to finding new paths and to a lifetime of adventures and new beginnings (and endings).

peace.love.happiness.