Thank you to the boy I poured my heart out to.

Thank you for letting me down easy.

I got to say, it hurt like a bitch. I cried about it for days. Even now, I see myself getting all worked up about you. When I thought that we had a chance, all my problems of the day would disappear. I could be having the worst time, and you could remind me of my glory days.

After the rejection, I am so sorry that I treated you differently. In all honesty, it had nothing to do with you. I still saw you as an amazing guy who was going to make someone extremely happy. It was rough trying to swallow that the person to make you happy would not be me.

I began to realize that I depended on you to make me happy daily. As an outlet for my life struggles, I never realized the real reasons why I fell for you in the first place. I did like that you were attractive, talented, and driven, but there was more. You reminded me that I am amazing even when I do not feel like I am.

However, I soon saw after the rejection that I was not making me happy. I relied on others to try and make me feel better about myself.

I am the only one who can make me feel happy. I would not have realized this if I was not let down. In this world, only you can bring yourself up. Someone else (a friend, spouse, or family member) can enhance the positive things in your life, but no one can make you feel whole. You, my friend, are the only one you must live with every day of your life. Only you can make yourself feel whole.