people change. situations change. the things and the people who make us who and what we are go away, come back, and change the type of influence they have on us.
The reasons like seasons,
They constantly change,
And the seasons of last year,
Like reasons that floated away.
everything changes in one way or another. for good, bad, or indifferent. to anger, to pain, to happiness, to sloth. today is a different day. tomorrow will be yet another sunrise. nothing has to be the same, and nothing ever will. people come and go. the love of yesterday will break your heart today and love another tomorrow. i'm obsessed with the idea of separating the past, present and future. i think that it's the only way to truly move on from something or look forward to something or enjoy something in the moment.
don't worry about the way you are now in comparison to who you used to be. the people who were there for you during the good times and the bad will be there now, when you aren't sure where to draw the line.
IF YOU DON'T DRAW THE LINE WHERE THE LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN, THEN THERE IS NOT LINE.
i understand more now than i ever have before. i'm stable mentally, emotionally, physically. things at my house are good, i'm getting along with and even talking to my mother, i'm still with matt and going strong, i've gotten rid of all the things in my life that were holding me to the past, and that's what makes me happy.
feelings like the ones that bind one person to another don't go away. that's the one thing that defies the change of the seasons. the feelings might change in intensity and direction, but they will never go away. such as the bond of mother and child.
i feel like for the first time, i can give people advice. i can use this to help them become confidant...to help them get to the place where i am. i don't want to be the only one who is happy content with themselves.
vinny, i think all you need is to remember why you are where you are. you used to be outspoken and protective of your beliefs. but that left you vulnerable to caring what other people thought of you. you are still opinionated and protective, you just do it in a more subtle way. you are more passionate. passion burns long and slow, heating a person from within. it may take a while before the passion is recognized by other people, but rest assured, that you in all your opinionated glory have not changed. you don't care what they think of you anymore, which makes it seem unnecessary to voice what you are thinking and feeling. seasons change, and along with them the reasons that we do what we do.
michael, i think that you are doing something amazing. you are in college, a music major. you are doing what you have wanted to do since i met you. i know that it hurts to be without someone...without me...but that doesn't mean that you don't have anything. you have your dreams, the ones that you are fullfilling every day by being where you are and focusing on what you are doing. you need to see that. our seasons have definitely changed, but not the reasons that we determined we would do things. 201 days. i'm waiting to hear that you are okay. please rest tonight, sleep well, knowing that no matter what, the feelings that bind us together won't change, can't change. we are going on the six flags field trip again this year...and all i could think about was you.
i love every person that is in my life. whether i'm bitchy yesterday, today, or tomorrow, whether it feels like we are so far away...i love you all. i hope that some of the things i've said here will help you, because i want to help you feel the way that i see you.