“I bet sometimes you wonder if you could’ve done something differently. You wonder if it would’ve worked out if you’d been slightly older and had your life together. If you’d been more in control of your emotions or more articulate. You wonder if things had ever ended if you’d known what you really wanted and needed at that time. You blame it on bad timing, or a lack of effort, or on misunderstandings. You blame yourself, because when it was over you realised you could have worked harder for it to last. You think that you would’ve loved them through it all if you’d been given another chance, and that it would’ve been enough to make them stay. Looking back, you know that you should’ve been kinder and a better listener. A better person. Better for them altogether. What if I told you it wasn’t your fault? What if I told you that maybe the timing was bad and that the stars might not have aligned for you, but that in the end none of these things played into you going your separate ways? That maybe it was never supposed to work out, regardless of the time and the place, your age or some other insignificant detail you want to put the blame on? Not everything in life becomes something long-lasting. Some of the people we meet don’t stay with us as long as we would like them to, but every single one of them teaches us a different lesson. It’s up to us to pay attention. And sometimes the most unusual thing happens: after a couple of years down the road, after you got to know yourself a bit better, you meet them again. And from the very moment your eyes find theirs it is so clear that this was exactly the amount of time apart that you needed. Who knows – maybe it will work even better the second time around. But perhaps it won’t. And if it doesn’t, you’ll know what to do.”
blakekathryn
germansingergirl
origamiaround
stormborns
kaledo-art
titsay
