Despite how exhausted this quote is, it’s still absolutely accurate: Everything happens for a reason.

Sometimes though, we don’t understand that reason until much longer after it’s all said and done; until you sit down months or years later and it seeps back into your mind.

I never understood it. How you can go from strangers to closer than ever before and then back to being strangers with someone? It makes no sense. Losing you was just like that.

And if someone would have told me just weeks after letting you go that with time, I’d get over it and be ok, I wouldn’t have believed it. But I guess time truly does heal everything.

I’m not writing this to prove that I’m doing so much better without you in my life. Truthfully, I am, but I’m writing this for a reason much bigger.

This is for every person out there who has experienced loss without a reason; for the individuals who watch their closest friends leave them clueless and alone. My heart goes out to you. Do me a favor and let them go. It’ll hurt because you care. They already let you go. Why should you hold onto something that doesn’t care? People come and go. Not everyone will stay in your life like you wish they would. Everyone serves a different purpose in your life. Remember that either way, you’re strong and resilient and downright beautiful.

Sometimes people leave without a reason and that’s just reason enough.

You deserve better. You’re powerful beyond measure. Giving everything you have and leaving your heart on your sleeve is a sign of strength. Don’t ever stop that. People who do that are going places.

Walk without them. Trust me, you won’t miss them half as much as they’ll miss someone like you. Keep being the bigger person. You’ll be proud in the long run.

As for the people who have just walked away.

Thank you for teaching me that you don’t need a reason to let someone leave.

That people come and go and often than not, you have to learn how to live without the people who use to mean the most to you.

Thank you for teaching me how to live without you.

I want to tell you to never do that to someone ever again but it won’t do any good. You’re going to do it again. Everyone does.

People are brutal. They just pick up and stroll off leaving you clueless and hurt; alone in the early morning hours throwing a ball at the ceiling asking yourself what you did wrong. Fighting yourself to sleep because you’re thoughts keep you wide awake. It’ll bother you for months on end, seeing pictures on social media or watching them walk right past you at the store as if you don’t exist. Soon though, you’ll finally heal.

To be honest with you, if there is anyone I feel sorry for, it’s you for leaving. I use to have that mentality where I’d jump oceans for you.

But now, I wouldn’t jump a tiny puddle for you. And you won’t ever get my trusting ocean jumping caring personality back.

Hopefully you find someone else who can do just that.

I can’t say I hate you because you can’t hate someone you don’t care for. What we had was real and I’d never regret being friends with you. The memories were great. I just choose to leave them in the past like you left me.

I do, however, wish you endless amounts of happiness and laughter because I’d never wish bad for someone. The world needs more people allowing others to live their life to the fullest and peacefully.

But I hope in a room full of fluffy stuffed animals and awesome toys, you’ll step on a Lego or two now and again.

Because you can't live a life well spent without enduring a little bit of pain now and again.

Good luck.