I'm
not oblivious to the fact that things happen for a divine reason,
though I'm never quite sure of the rationale at the current moment.
How can I answer this without seeming as if I am coming across an ungrateful person? How can I reflect upon various happenings and people who've walked into my life and not be thankful for their presence or experience with them; good, bad, ugly or indifferent? How can I not acknowledge every situation we get ourselves into or is handed to us is a testament of our continued evolution as individuals?
People come. People go. Was it that I didn't try hard enough in the relationship and we drifted? Was it because they didn't try hard enough? Did we simply grow apart? Do I need to keep tabs on every single individual I have ever had a personal connection with? No. Times change us. Maturity changes us. Situations and poignant experiences in life change us. But each past encounter or relationship I've had was a piece of who I am now.
I can't honestly answer this question. I'm not willing to say that there is one person I've met who should be written off as someone I shouldn't have. Each person teaches me something, though admittedly hindsight is perpetually 20/20. It may take months or years to realize their added value in my life, but I'll never dismiss someone into the proverbial mind-dust of having been better off never meeting them.
