People in Our Lives
Along the journey of our so-called lives, all of us encounter different people — a friend, a foe and lots of strangers.
Some of them stayed in our life longer than we asked for, others were just short chance encounters. There were people who, at most of the times, we can only remember them by occasions, by a specific place which connotes them, or be recognized through their nameless faces, but most probably we remember them on how they really influenced or altered our lives.
There are people whom we can easily get along with because of shared interests, habits, moods, attitude, jokes, and whispered secrets, those who are always there to offer their selves when we need someone to lean on, their shoulders when we need someone to cry on, their ears always ready and willing to listen to whatever issues in life we have, people whom we call TRUE FRIENDS.
There are also some people who just passed by our lives like wind, just some unexpected meeting, short acquaintances, yet becomes remarkable in our lives. Often our relationship with them is somehow informal, but still we are happy that they are there, part of our lives. We never asked for more. We never dared to confront what our role is in their lives. The important thing for us is the happiness we are feeling that very moment. But they are the people who are not permanent in our lives. Touch and Go. Just quickly, will keep you hanging, but surely they will be remembered.
There are also people who make us laugh even on their corniest jokes or when we are super down, they can still make us smile – effortlessly. They are the people in our lives that we can give all we have – even to the extent that we leave nothing for ourselves. They are the people who serve as our inspiration to continue striving for life and never quit – no matter what. They are the people we consider special in our lives. Our Other half.
But, to those mentioned above, there will always come a time when you become weary and eventually search for something more exciting, or something that assures stability. Under any given circumstances, there is MORE to search for in life which is better than what you already have and learn to move on.
“It’s not you, it’s me.”
It hurts to hear this line. No goodbyes are that easy to swallow, especially if we made a lot of sacrifices just to make them happy and stay. But that’s life. We tend to hold on to someone that we think is our “rare kind”. We tend to hold on no matter how painful it gets. But sometimes we forget that it is not our decision to make who should stay in our lives. Actually, it is not our choice, it’s up to them. What’s really painful is that we are the ones who are left behind. What the hell is wrong with me???!!
Maybe sometimes, no matter how perfect we think that person is for us, though countless times we have been hoping and praying for that person to really be “the right one”… Later on, we will realize that they’re not really that person we have been wanting to have or maybe they aren’t just really bound to stay in our lives like we want them to. Well, that’s life.
In this case, we should not be bitter or sad. Instead of wallowing on how unfair life is on us, for not having the person that we waited and fought for, maybe we should be thankful that once in our life, we were graced by their presence and we experienced something wonderful because of them. Everything happens for a reason. Most probably something better is in store for us. Something bigger. Just wait.
