It's crazy how people take different paths in life, and no significant impact comes of it.

I saw a good friend from my old school the other night. He came up to visit and we went to a baseball game in the city. The night was really fun, and I was glad to get to spend time with a kid I consider my brother.

But I haven't seen him in so long, I haven't seen a lot of people in even longer. I spend my time with certain people now, due to my schedule, and due to other people's schedules. Some of my friends are all over, in places that I cannot just arrive at with a twenty minute drive. I still consider people I haven't seen in months my best friends, and although we aren't making memories together right now, I still care about them. But other people I haven't seen in years and honestly, I don't even think to contact.

This goes for anyone. People go different ways in life, and both parties have to adapt. Sometimes you stay in contact, sometimes you don't. That's just life. But that is what fascinates me so much.

You could know someone for so long, or become extremely close with someone you've only known for a short period of time, and then they can leave your life or you theirs. As humans, it's in our nature to change, especially in today's society. People are always on the go, and you have to look out for what is best for you at the end of the day. But we always end up changing.

I've left people, and people have left me. Everyone moves on and gets used to a new aspect of their lives. We tend to take certain relationships we have, and allow them to extinguish, even if they meant so much to us at one point. And then you forget, you move on, you don't care as much. It's what we do, we keep living and move forward.

We leave those relationships in the past. Like nothing ever happened. You fade away, they fade away. Everyone gets busy with college, careers, and making new friends. You press on with your life and then whatever happens from there you simply let it be because you are moving closer to your goals.

While of course this is a good thing, and dwelling in the past is dangerous to a person's psychological welfare, it blows my mind that we can form concrete relationships, and then one day down the line not even say hello as we pass by that same person.