A good friend at work told me this beautiful metaphor. As soon as I heard it, I thought that it was a quote straight from a poetry book or a Tumblr post- which are all very relatable. In fact, this quote hit hard.

I've learned the hard way that sometimes you don't realize what you have till it's gone. 'Till there isn't any way to get it back. To get the person back. I've learned to hold onto things and people that are good. That makes you happy. That gives you no reason what so ever to want to leave them. Of course, I let what I had to go. After a while, I tried to get it back, however, it wasn't there anymore. People move on and things change. People get into new relationships and then you're left with no one because of a decision you made. But guess what? I had to live with it. I realized that sometimes things happen for a reason. People leave and people go and it's simply part of life.