Isn't it funny how humans can deny the existence of any event or circumstance? More specifically ... isn't is strange how easily we can lie to ourselves? Denial is one of the most common defense mechanisms we use. And we use it everyday.
Today I saw someone I used to love. And with a head nod and a peace sign we acknowledged a memory we once shared. As quickly as the memory came, it left. And in an instant, our pasts passed each other. Nothing else said, no emotions exchanged. Nothing. Not even a smile.
Isn't that little love thing crazy. To know at one point your soul can be so intertwined with someone and at another point ... the two of you are strangers. To be able to deny that something ever existed between the two of you. Because somehow, you've become two very different people than who you used to be.
That's life, I suppose. We change and mature and understand things our minds couldn't comprehend before. But with this new knowledge comes an understanding. With other recent events, I now understand that people change. I used to deny it ... but people really, REALLY do change.
But if there's any advice to come out of this: it's that people come in your life for a reason and a season. That's something my mom always says, and it's true. Once you understand that everybody that you meet in life is not there to stay, then it's much easier to deal with losses, and breakups, and bad friendships. Accept that these things HAPPEN, and they happen often. Keep moving on... :)
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