I recently found some old pictures of old friends who no longer speak to me and I started to get very nostalgic and a little sad. Those friends hurt me and left me really messed up but looking through all our old pictures made think, "Do I really miss them?" I thought a long time about this question and ultimately came to the conclusion that no, I do not miss the people in those pictures. I miss the memories.

It's okay to miss the memories that you shared with someone and not necessarily miss the person. People change. Memories are constant. Your memories of the great times you had with them will never change. You will always have those happy pictures with that person who, at the time, meant so much to you. That doesn't mean that you have to want the person in your life again. People change. It's in our nature. I once read that the only thing constant in this life is change. I'm a very different person than I was at fifteen and so are the people I called my best friends when I was that age. We grew up, matured, and realized what we wanted out of life and friendships. And that's okay.

I can still look back at those pictures and remember everything that was good and the memories we shared. I can get nostalgic for high school and the friends I had. The memories I have with those people will never change and, because of that, they are infinite.