Remember That The One That Got Away Isn’t ‘The One’
By Terra Jay
It’s been years since I’ve last seen the boy I’ve always considered “the one that got away”, but I still think about him. I still compare how I feel for people that I meet today to how I felt for him.
And truth be told, no one has ever even come close.
The regret of letting him go used to weigh heavy on my mind constantly, but I realized something the other day. The boy that I knew all those years ago, is more than likely not the same boy today, and I would be crazy to miss someone that I don’t know anymore.
Truth be told, the one that got away is the one that got away because they’re not “the one”.
It’s silly to mourn a relationship that could have been, when you don’t know for certain that it actually would have been if it never ended. Comparing any past relationship to potential new relationships is a recipe for self- sabotage.
Every relationship is different, and every relationship is going to make you feel differently. Although I strongly believe that a person can fall in love multiple times in a lifetime, you’re never going to find a carbon copy of a feeling you had in relationship A, in relationship B (or C,D,E,F etc.) and I don’t know if I would want to if I could.
So while the one that got away can hold a special place in your heart, don’t allow it to be greedy with space. Let yourself let go of the regret and be ready for something beautiful.