It's in the Past!

When I checked Facebook this morning, like I do every morning, I noticed that one of the girls that was in my middle school class had posted pictures from middle school. The girl that posted the pictures was not my best friend in middle school, but I kind of miss my old class and her.

Seeing those pictures made me think about how much fun I had with those people. I only stayed in touch with a few people from that class and it was mostly because they were very dramatic, and I wasn't really good friends with all of them. The pictures also made me think about a few lines from a Matchbox Twenty song... "Say goodbye, these days are gone, and we can't keep holding on...". I know that line is a bit negative, saying that you need to let go of old memories, but sometimes we need to move on. It's only natural that we grow up and make new friends. But when we make new friends, we might loose contact with old ones. I myself have loose touch with alot of people that I wish I still talked to.

Sometimes it upsets me that I've lost touch with people, but then I remeber that there is a reason I don't talk to them. Like the girls that were in my middle school class, they were dramatic, fought all the time and rumors spread like wildfire with them. 7th grade was when the drama got really bad. By the end of 8th grade everyone in the class had said at least once "I can't wait to get out of this school!" or "I won't miss any of you! New friends, new school, it'll be great!".  Now those same people are commenting on the old pictures saying things like "I miss you SO much!" and "I miss this!". So much for "I won't miss any of you", huh??

I think that the reason these girls are holding on to these pictures and memories for so long is because they might be having issues with their new friends. They're looking at these pictures and wishing they could go back because they don't like the issuses that they are dealing with in their new circle of friends. It's like saying you'll do anything to get something back. When you say that, you're only looking at the good parts about the thing or person you want back in your life. Because you want them back so badly, you forget why they aren't a part of your life anymore. The people in your past are in your past because they weren't meant to make it to your future. So, leave the people in your past in your past, there's a reason they won't make it to your future.

Say goodbye, those days are gone, and you can't keep holding on when all you need is some relief from these hard times...