We all have a friends that were put into our lives for a reason. Some were put into lives for all sorts of reasons. Some life-lasting friendships and some for life lessons.

My favorite friendship, a life-lasting one, is the weird one I have with my best friend, Marisol. She and I are going on ten years of friendship and I wouldn't have it any other way. She's my go-to person for literally everything. She's one of the most caring, passionate and outgoing people I've ever crossed paths with. She is the type of friend that is always there for you regardless.

She will help with everything and anything. She doesn't judge you because she knows we're human and we all make mistakes. One of my favorite traits is that she understands. We all have our personal struggles and she would do anything to help from just being an open ear to a shoulder to cry on, to being your therapist. She's a gem and one of the best people I've ever met. But of course, that's my biased opinion because she's my best friend and we all think our own best friend is better than anyones else's.

Now, my friendship with Marisol is life-lasting. Partly because I can't imagine my life without my person but also, she knows too much…she's stuck with me now. I’m not going anywhere whether she likes it or not.

A life lesson: friendship is always the hardest because you get attached to that person only to find they are not good for you and you need to cut them out of your life. I've actually just recently cut a friend out of my life. This person was 100% a well-taught life lesson and I'm grateful for what wisdom and knowledge they brought to me but not for the damage they caused.

This person and I had been friends for about six or seven years and at first, it was one of the best things that had happened to me when middle school started. About a few months into this friendship, I quickly realized I had made a mistake in picking my friends for the new school year.

Now, I'm not going to bash this person for every bad thing they did because they weren't 100% mean. They had some good in them, but sometimes the bad outweighed that good. You're probably thinking to yourself, “why were you friends with them for seven years if you regretted it from day one?” Well...lets just say it was a smaller headache to be friends with this person than it was to cut them off. I hate confrontation, so naturally, I wanted to avoid that in every way possible.

I looked at this friendship as a learning experience. I realized, you really do have to treat people the way you want to be treated. You get back what you put into the world. I learned you should always be nice and not because it's the good thing to do and that is how your momma raised you, but always be nice because you never know what person struggles someone is going through. Whether you are aware of their struggles or not, you shouldn't knock someone down to make yourself feel like you're superior. We're all equal and not one person is better then the next. Unless you're Beyoncé - she's better than all of us.

Finally, one major lesson I learned from this friendship was trust. I know what trust is, what it means to have someone's trust, and what it means to give someone your trust. But it's a different story when you “trust” someone and they think otherwise. I personally thought this was common sense, but I learned that that is not the case with some people. If someone confides in you about something personal, don't throw it in their face or go tell everyone when you two get into an argument. They trusted you enough to come to you and ask you to listen to their life problems and the decent thing to do would be to keep that between you two.

I'm going too far if I said I regret this friendship because that's a little dramatic and it wouldn't be entirely true if I said that. We had some good times, they taught me a lot about life and how to handle my toughest battles and for that, I'm grateful. But in regards to ending the friendship, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happier. I'm happy with where I am in life today and I'm doing just fine. I know this person will go on to accomplish great things next year at college and throughout their lifetime, and I wish them nothing but the best. They are going to do great things in life while me and best friend are at home binge watching "Grey’s Anatomy."