Some relationships need to be safely tucked in the mental scrapbook of our soul. The pages can show the good times, the laughs, the sad times, the rebellious times, the giggles and butterflies. Some relationships weren’t meant to last forever, no matter how much we long for them. The memories of all the firsts, the innocence, the “what could have been”, the dreams that never came to pass. The hopes for a future and the reality of end can be beautifully adorned on the backsplash of our minds. Some never to be visited physically again. Some skeletons should never be taken out their locked closets. Some we can unleash and dance with for a while, but ultimately we have to put them back in their appointed places. Friendships that started as innocent kids and ended as the realization that our life’s twist and turns into adulthood have taken us down far different paths.
All of our relationships are a part of our journey. Not all of them are safe, but all are necessary to realize who we are. Some are safe, but don’t take root. Take a little from each one, and leave behind the parts that hurt after you have learned what you were supposed to learn. In the end there’s only LOVE! Love and forgive, but don’t be a victim. Love and ask for forgiveness wether they grant it to you or not. Be the best version of you and the relationships that are meant to stick will and the ones that weren’t, put them in the scrapbook.