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If They Matter, Let Them Know Before It's Too Late

I knew it was bad when I thought of your eyes every time I saw the color brown.

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If They Matter, Let Them Know Before It's Too Late
Raegan Loftis

You knew it was bad when you started thinking about them randomly. You knew it was bad when the color brown always made you think of their eyes. You knew it was bad from the beginning. Maybe they are the people you are supposed to be with.

“The saddest word in the whole wide world is the word almost. He was almost in love. She was almost good for him. He almost stopped her. She almost waited. He almost lived. They almost made it.” -- Nikita Gil

Lately, I have seen relationships happen and relationships end. The people that are supposed to “love each other” aren’t together anymore. The people who broke up have completely moved on like it was nothing or are still eyeing their ex, knowing it wasn’t the right time or they still want them in their life and are too scared to say something. Maybe they have never even dated, but there are people who just don’t want to take the risk of saying something to the person they care most about.

We are all so into the cliché sayings like, ”I would swim the ocean for you,” or “when we're together it feels like seconds but when we are apart it feels like years.” If you have experienced this, then props to you. But gosh, I have never seen people take the chances like they post on their Tumblr or Twitter page. It’s just thoughts sitting, waiting, and filling their minds with regret or hope.

Sometimes people end up losing themselves by trying to hold onto someone who doesn’t care about losing them. I am here to say that it’s time to let them, whoever it may be, know that you care before it becomes too late and you live with the regret. Life isn’t just something you get to run through with ease. The whole point and the only point is to find the things that matter, to find the things that make you happy, to find the things that help you. Once you find these things hold on -- hold on because it's what is going to get you through this thing called life.

Maybe this person is sitting there waiting for you to say exactly what they want to hear, or maybe they will slowly walk away, and you will be devastated. But the best feeling in the world is knowing you took a chance and knowing that you tried with everything in you for what you wanted. Yeah, maybe it didn’t work out, but you can’t say you didn’t try and now you know it can and will lead to greater things. But maybe that chance will work out, and it will let them fall in love with their life again because they are happy or you will fall in love with your own life again. Either way you have to make the choice, even if you don’t get the ending you wanted you won’t be filled with regret you will be content and your mind will calm down. You won’t be able to move on when you continue thinking about something or continue to hope for something you take no initiative in. So pursue this idea of love and see where it takes you. If they matter, let them know before it's too late.

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