When we are young, like kindergarten aged, we start forming friendships. From that point on, we meet so many people, we make so many memories and over the years we either grow apart from these friends or we grow closer to them. Growing apart is hard, but it's something that is ridiculously necessary in the long run because, well, as we grow up we change. We experience things, we learn things, we meet new people and before we know it we aren't the same person we used to be.
So, this is for the friends who used to know me, but more importantly, for the friends who don't know me anymore.
To The Friends Who Used To Know Me,
There was a time in my life that you knew me so well, that I could trust you with every aspect of my life, and most of all, I could always rely on you to be there. Years later, a part of me still wants to believe that you would answer my phone call at 3 a.m ... but I know you won't, and that's okay. It's okay because I understand. I understand that we just aren't what we used to be.
Growing up is a scary, hectic, and even heart-wrenching. Growing up means realizing that sometimes you have to be selfish, sometimes you learn lessons that change the way you think, and most of all, you experience things that make you a new person. A person who doesn't exactly see eye to eye with the person you used to be. A person who has new goals and plans. A person who just isn't the same anymore.
You know, it's kind of funny that at one point I never could have imagined my life without you. I never would have thought I could go through a day without talking to you, and now it's been months. I never would have thought that we would grow apart, but that's exactly what we've done. We went down different paths and after awhile we met new people who were on the same path as us. We bonded with these new people, we formed friendships, and, well, as bad as it sounds ... we kind of let them replace each other.
Our friendship wasn't perfect. I'm more than willing to admit that, but I thank you for the memories we did have. I thank you for being the person I knew I could call. I thank you for being one of the most genuine people I'll ever meet. I thank you, most of all, for being my friend.
I'm not the person you were once on such good terms with. I have different values, different goals, and well, I've found people that have the same priorities that the new me does. Just because these new people have become such a huge part of my life, though, it doesn't mean that I've forgotten about you. After all, you were all a huge part of my life at one point.
So I hope that the next time you're cleaning up your room, you'll flip through all those old yearbooks and laugh just like I do. I hope you'll take our friendship and realize what we did right and what we did wrong and use it to influence your friendships now. Most of all, though, I hope that you find peace, you find happiness and that you accomplish everything you've ever dreamed of.
No matter how far away we might have drifted, there will never come a time that I won't answer your 3 a.m. call ... remember that.
Yours Truly,
The Person You Used To Know
