Old Friends

Every now and then I find myself thinking back to old friendships. Recently, when tidying my room, I decided to look through some old photos and the leavers messages people wrote for me on the last day of middle school - which is coming up to being five years ago now (something like that). I realised just how many of those people I don't speak to anymore. What hit me was the fact that I hadn't had arguments with these people or moved miles away from them. We had just drifted apart over time. When the messages were written we really had believed we'd be friends for the foreseeable future, I suppose we didn't account for things that would get in the way; whether it be time or other commitments. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss some of these people, but in reality I know I just miss the old version of them, the people I knew however many years ago - not necessarily the people they've become now.  

Of course, I didn't lose contact with all of my old friends. I've maintained friendships with people that have gone to different schools to me and we still have things to talk about. So I'm not saying that you always drift apart from people you don't see regularly because, for me at least, that isn't true. I just think it's strange and kind of sad when people you thought were good friends become strangers. However, I do think this is why I try and keep up regular contact with all of my friends as I know how easy it is for friendships to just 'die' without you even realising at the time. I hope that in the future, when my current friends and I are scattered all over the country at different Universities/Colleges, that we will remain friends despite the difficulties. 

But yes. I was reminded that things don't always plan out as you expected and that sometimes people do just go their separate ways. On a brighter note though I was also reminded of how many awesome people I've had the chance to know...

 

 Laura.

Song: If Only You Knew by Shinedown