As We Grow Old, Sometimes We Grow Apart
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As We Grow Old, Sometimes We Grow Apart

The people we meet and relationships we form are all meant to help us learn and grow, no matter how they turn out.

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As We Grow Old, Sometimes We Grow Apart
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We meet so many people throughout our lives and some of them stick, while others don’t. It can be hard to know exactly who belongs in your life.

It’s not to say that you aren’t connected with your friends, but as we grow old, sometimes we grow apart.

The people we meet and relationships we form are all meant to help us learn and grow, no matter how they turn out. While the going gets hard, it’s very easy to see who is by your side and who is not.

Like I previously said, it’s not that you are not as good of friends with someone, but we often grow differently and at different paces, and eventually growing without one another.

Of course, it isn’t pleasant losing a certain relationship in your life, but it happens.

There is no maliciousness in this process; it is truly just a part of growing and maturing. We realize what we need to grow, and sometimes the relationships we are in can hold us back.

It’s hard to see this, especially when we are so attached to the people around us. The feeling of slowly losing touch is painful but necessary for us to move on.

These people who come and go in our lives will always be in our hearts as their relationships have impacted us in some sort of way. We learn from everybody around us and the experiences we have. Even if we lose touch with those people, we will never lose the memories that were formed with them.

The world has a funny way of bringing people together when it’s time, meaning that perhaps a relationship has fallen through, but that does not mean it’s over forever.

We are constantly growing, maturing, and changing. In the future, you can always find you and your past relationships back on the same wavelength and brought together again.

The universe works in mysterious ways and puts us through so much to learn from every day. Sometimes it is unpredictable, but in the end, everything is happening for a reason, and we are always exactly where we’re supposed to be.

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