Some things cannot be taught…
I am proud of you. These simple words can change and encourage the way a person thinks, behaves, and looks at life.
I love you. When meant, given, and felt these words can warm your heart. They can also change the way you feel and act.
I miss you. The hardest one of all. How can we be away from those we miss? Why are we away from the ones we miss? Why can’t we be with the ones we are missing?
Because while we may be proud of someone, love someone, and miss someone… We are individuals on different paths with different goals and lives. We have all been through a very complex emotional rollercoaster. We have all experienced life in ways we cannot genuinely explain. Every day we are learning, from mistakes, successes, and massive failures. Sometimes these setbacks will set us back and we never recover.
That is how we would tend to think…
Yet the flip side of the coin is that if we take those downtimes and reflect, we can turn things around. Our lives are connected, our feelings often reflect onto others.
I am proud of you, I love you, I miss you can all be rolled into one or to many persons. Yet many people do not have this support system this emotional attachment to someone.
I do and I am beyond words to be able to say all of the above and mean it. I am proud, I love and I miss so many things from the past few years.
I am also able to say, that no matter how much time passes, no matter how many days we may be apart. The simple fact of the matter is… Nothing can change the way we feel, act, and understand each other. No amount of time can change the little certainty that we have when we reconnect. Time spent together can break friendships. Too much time spent together can destroy relationships.
But not us. The bond we share is the love and emotional connection we share. Memories are what we have because we have made them. We have made created and sometimes accidentally came across things that we will never forget.
But through love, encouragement, and support, we have nurtured this bond and friendship. No matter how far we are or what separates us, time distance or natural disasters… We have never grown apart, never lost the trust communication, and love that we share.
I am proud of you for choosing your path in life. I am missing you, but I love you for letting me choose my path. This is what love, encouragement, and family should be.
I find myself missing you more and more…
