Life is a strange thing, I've said that before. Sometimes it rips people out of your world without any explanation or warning, and sometimes there are still words stuck on the tip of your tongue that you wished you would've said. We all have something like that, and many of us didn't say what we wanted to. I've been thinking about that concept a lot lately, due to life's circumstances, and it led me here. I reached out to 50 of my friends and asked them if they had something they never said but wished they did. 27 replied, here are their words.

1: “Can we meet up and talk about what happened?” -Savvy, 21

2: “I love you.” - Zach, 20

3: “I miss what we had // I miss you.” -Josh, 21

4: “I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy like the other girls did. Even when you don't love me anymore, I still love you. You're my person. And I'm sorry I'm not yours. I love you, and I hope you find someone that makes you as happy as you made me.” -Mallory, 19

5: “I have the biggest crush on you. But I just can't ask you on a date because you don't notice me, like I notice you.” -Austin, 20

6: “One day you're going to wake up and realize that I was the best thing that ever happened to you, and you were too blind to see it so you let me slip through your fingers. No one is going to love you like I do, and when you realize that, I'll be gone.” -Skylar, 20

7: “Your friends are only friends with you because you pay for all their stuff, you know.” -Jane, 18

8: “I want to apologize for being to rude and unappreciative following the ceremony. I would like to thank you for choosing to welcome me into your family with such open arms and I truly appreciate how much you guys have done for me in the 7 years I have been in your family.” -Ryan, 21

9: “I love you.”-Anthony, 22

10: “I miss you more than words can explain. We went through more than most couples do. You picked up all the shattered pieces to my heart and put them back together again. I let you down and may never completely forgive myself. We may have been in 11th grade but because of you, I grew up to be the woman I am today. Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity. I will always love you and your beautiful soul.” -Kyndal, 19

11: “Can I take you out?” -Brian, 24

12: “I will always care about you and hold you close to my heart but we can't be friends anymore. I can't be friends with someone stagnant while I'm growing and changing with each day. I love you so much but I can't do this anymore.” -Zachary, 19

13: “I will always love you and don't see myself with anyone else.” -Alec, 22

14: “It comes in waves now, mostly on the days I photograph others' wedding vows, wondering what it would be like walking down the isle to you. Heartsick wedding photographer is strange combination for a 19 year old but hey, you chose me like a dam breaking and I chose you like a leaky faucet. You can't love with reservations-- it's like falling asleep with your shoes still on...always ready to run. That's what I did to you. I'll be dammed if we don't chose each other in the end. I'll be dammed if I'm not your bride some day." -Rachel, 19

15: “I don't think he's the right guy for you. You're putting yourself in a hole.” -Dan, 23

16: “After endless days of thinking of you and long nights of dreaming of you, suddenly I came to the realization that you don't deserve my thoughts and you certainly don't deserve my dreams. Those dreams consisted of false notions of how I dreamed it would be- not how it actually was. It was never real, no matter how real it felt in those hours where you held me and we laughed, avoiding the future. Because truthfully, there never was a future for us. No matter how weightless I felt in those moments. No matter how much I prayed about you and prayed for you. I came to the cold realization that neither hope nor faith could never change the fact that I have been straining to hold onto something that was never actually within my grasp. I came to the realization that it wasn't me it was you.” -Christina, 18

17: “2 years later and I still check my phone for your name every morning.” -Victoria, 20

18: “I know that you just got out of a relationship, but I'm really into you. If you need time, that's fine, but I'd like to go on a date with you at some point.” -Chris, 23

19: “I had a weird dream last night and you were in it. it was hard to see your face again even if it was only in a dream. at first I dint recognize you or I didn't want to. it was all so easy in the dream. when I woke up I wanted to go back to sleep, I knew that was the only time I'd really see you.” -Alexis, 19

20: "Hey man I know things have gotten rough but I just wanted to say I'm sorry.” -Bryce, 19

21: “It's funny how after all this time, how often you ran around in my head but how few times I run through yours. For as long as I can remember, all I thought about was you, I've never been anywhere that you slip my mind. After too long of you dictating my thoughts, I'm done. There is nothing I could do that would make you love me. Time for me to get over it. Until I get over this it will continue to take away from me. Time for me to press on past anywhere I've ever been, to live my life to its fullest. In the midst of all this, I want to say thank you. Thank you for showing what it feels like to never be enough for someone. Because now, I can help and relate to others who are in the same situation, and these are things that make me who I am.” -Thomas, 21

22: “I liked that you didn't exist, that's what got me in trouble.” -Lexi, 19

23: "You never had the decency to actually end things with me and you gave me false hope and just randomly stopped talking to me so don't be mad if i tell you i still love you because you are the only one to blame because you left me hanging thinking what if and act as if nothing ever happened.” -Cassidy, 20

24: "I'm not selfish but I deserve a lot more than what you're giving me.” -Melanie, 18

25: “You don't need me. You are afraid of being lonely. Coward." -Hannah, 21

26: “Never meant to let you down. Never meant to lose your trust. All I wanted was you and I lost that. I saw you as my forever and one mistake destroyed that from happening. Right now, I am more proud of you then everything. You are happy and successful. That is what makes me smile when I think about you, besides the memories. Just know you left the biggest imprint on my life and I will forever be grateful. I love you.” -Hakeem, 21

27: “What hurt the most was the fact that you went behind my back when I wasn't looking -- simply, betrayal and the worst part about that is you were willing to hurt me to make yourself feel better. Lost in my mind, just trying to taking care of myself in the most appropriate way to then have years of love and dear friendship be washed by an unconscious decision or better yet, an unconscious choice. Your choice that you have chose tells a story of character that I can't imagine myself being in any longer, but for this I can only thank you. I thank you again for opening up a new world of opportunities and possibilities for that one day I will manifest God's purpose and find everlasting new life in the Heaven's above. I couldn't have done it without you.” -Nick, 21

28: “You're going to miss me, but by the time you realize that, it'll be too late.” -Shelby, 20

“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.” -Benjamin Mee

I leave you with a challenge, what if you found the guts to say what you've always wanted to? Maybe you need those 20 seconds of insane courage, and maybe Benjamin is right, something amazing will come of it. 3 days ago my world was flipped on it's axis and I lost someone so important to me, but before I did, I finally found the courage to say what I've always wanted to and I've never felt more at peace. The scariest moments are often the best ones, find your 20 seconds of embarrassing bravery and something beautiful could happen.