Day 14- Someone You've Drifted Away From Day

Time takes us away from a lot of people. I don't think I can do this one to just one person because there are so many people that I have drifted away from in the last two years, let alone my entire life. As we grow up and become adults our childhood friends become a thing of the past. Maybe not, maybe you were able to grow together and you stayed very similar to one another or despite your differences you were still able to maintain a great friendship. Me, I've changed a lot over the years. Once upon my childhood I had so so many friends and then I became a teenager and those friends changed and then I went away to college and tried to keep up with those friends, at the very least, but that's faded too. Of course with things like Facebook we can watch those people through our computer screen as they continue to grow and their lives change without us, but it's just not the same as it was when we were actually close and talked to one another or went out and did things together. I'd like to say it's not my fault these things have happened but it is and it doesn't really upset me. I had to grow as a person, I couldn't stay stagnant like a small body of water but I had to change like the ocean does, it's constantly moving and shifting. I feel like the changes I have made as I've grown have brought me closer to my family and to the Gospel. I still struggle with things I know I need to let go of and leave behind, those things of my teenage years that I could really learn to do without, but as with any change it is very difficult to leave things behind when they are parts of who you are/were/always will be. But one day I hope that I will emerge from my cocoon and be who I'm meant to be. I like to think that my friends have changed too, they have had to grow and change just as much as I have. There are those people that I'm certain will be the exact same until the day they day and I am actually very sad for those people because who wants to always want the same things or be as predictable as a sunset, never changing and always staying the same. I don't think anyone really wants that life. Unlike Peter Pan, we all grow up and as we do we will always drift away from people, it's a given. But as we drift away from our past we're drifting toward a future, and different people that have just as much to offer, if not more, than our friends we have drifted away from.