Growing..

 

    We all have that group of friends or that one "lover" who know for a fact will never go anywhere. That one person that you grew up with and you know they will never part your side. Well I hate to burst your bubble, but sooner or later they possibly could end up leaving. 

 

I always knew the friends I grew up with would forever be by my side an we would always stay friends no matter what. My mom would always say, "This is not going to last Brittany" and I would just look at her and laugh. Word of advice, your parents, especially your mother, notices your fake friends before you do. Now, I'm not saying the friends you had or have were or are fake, its just your parents can tell who is really your true friend and who isn't.

 

The reason we lose these friends is because we are growing. Yes, growing, we are growing up. Now, some people say that a stupid reason for losing people who you believed would forever be in your life, it's just an excuse because you were a lousy friend, but it's not. Seriously, it's not.

 

I used to constantly sit and question myself over and over on what I had did wrong to lose these people and would come up with nothing. I would question "how are they still friends with them and not me?" "What did I do so wrong?" I finally came to the conclusion that it was just not meant to be. I was going somewhere where they were no longer a necessity, or no longer a want, in my life. Once I lost those friends or that "lover", I began to see a little bit of who Brittany REALLY was. What my strengths really were, what my weaknesses were, what I really liked and what I didn't... I found the person I'd been searching for for years...

 

Once you start figuring out who are and what your purpose is in life, those childhood friends or that "lover" begin dropping like flies. You might not want to accept it, but it's going to happen believe it or not. I never understood how people who I held so dear and true were just dropping me like was a nobody, but as they kept leaving I noticed one thing... the more I lost, the more and better I gained.

When He is preparing you for another level in life to get to your purpose, not everyone can continue the journey with you. Certain people are placed in our lives as either a blessing or lesson and sometime those friends can be a lesson. It's not our choice who comes and who stays, it's His. He knows who can and who He wants to come with us as we elevate to a new chapter in life. We just have to be willing to accept it and just grow. When we don't accept this, we can hinder ourselves from growing.

So just know, just because you've lost friends who you just knew would be there forever, doesn't mean everything is over for you. When beginning working and going towards your purpose, some people just can't stay on the train ride!