It’s scary to think how many people in your life are only temporary. There are so many people who pass through your life, for what could be a month or up to years. And no matter how long they were a part of your life, they meant something to you at some point or another.

It’s normal for people to grow a part. Whether it’s because of time, location, or disinterest, people tend to go their separate ways in life. It’s not any specific person’s fault; it’s just the way it goes. And people change, not necessarily bad or good, but change is inevitable and some times that is the reasoning for a friendship to die out. You can’t blame someone for changing; you can’t blame someone for growing into a different person, because that is how it was supposed to happen. And maybe that’s not how you hoped it would happen, but there is a reason for everything. There’s a reason that one season you got really close with a teammate and now you two don’t even talk anymore. There’s a reason your best guy friend doesn’t talk to you anymore. There’s a reason your best friend growing up doesn’t even say “hello” to you when you pass by. The reason is, they weren’t meant to be a permanent part of your life.

But despite their exit from your life, there was also a reason they were placed in it. You were supposed to learn from each one of your relationships. It’s hard to lose someone who meant so much to you at the time, but in order to move forward you have to realize that people come and go. No matter how hard you fight for someone to stay in your life, if they don’t want the same thing, then it wasn’t meant to be. Everything happens for a reason.

I don’t have any ill feelings for the friends I’ve lost along the way. I don’t regret any relationships I’ve formed through my life, because each one offered an abundance of memories I’ll never forget. Each one was important to me at the time. And each one impacted my life in some way; whether it is positive or negative, it changed me a little bit more than the day before. They weren’t meant to stay in my life, if they were, they would still be in it. I still love the people I always have, despite if we talk or not. I’ll still be here for an old friend if they need me, because at the end of the day, if you meant a good deal to me at some point, than you’ll always mean something to me. I thank the people who have come in and out of my life, because it has made me appreciate the ones who have stayed so much more.