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I missed you. And I still miss you. But I learned that it was more painful to question our friendship and to question myself than it was to realize that sometimes people come and go, and that this is just part of life.

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You stayed when you should have gone. I forgive you for that. 

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Forgive. Because forgiving does not mean forgetting. It does not mean weakness.

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How can you stop feeling loss, unless you’ve turned your flames of anger into butterflies of forgiveness that you can let go?

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Forgiveness does not mean you stop telling the truth. It doesn’t mean you pretend something never happened. Your story is yours to tell. You are the only person who owns it.

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Forgive yourself for any hate you directed at yourself. Forgive yourself for what someone else did to you. Forgive yourself any blame you internalized, because you did not hurt you.  

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You don’t have to rearrange your morals, your standards, and your expectations in order to make room for someone in your world. 

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I know you went out of your way not to support me.

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It’s okay to remember what was at one time and accept the flaws of the circumstances, but it’s never okay to obsess over it.

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As their kids, we are their blessings, whether they realize it or not.