My letter to Brent...
They say "it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all," and I completely agree. People come in and out of our lives every day - some just stay longer than others and take hold of our hearts. Most times, it hurts when they leave - or when you leave them. Love is a magical experience that I wish everyone could know. Anyone can experience lust and mistake it for love, but when it's real...it's AMAZING. So, yes, I firmly believe it is better to lose at love than to never love at all...than to never experience the greatest connection between two people.
Learning when love is lost leads me to another cliche: "Everything happens for a reason," which is entirely true. No one can dispute it whether you believe God is in the driver's seat, you are or some other force. Everything has a cause and a consequence. Love comes in and sites down. Either it gets up and walks out or it says forever. Unfortunately, in our case, love came and stayed for awhile; but now, I'm pretty sure it's time for it to move on - time for us to get up and walk away.
Learning when love is lost leads me to another cliche: "Everything happens for a reason," which is entirely true. No one can dispute it whether you believe God is in the driver's seat, you are or some other force. Everything has a cause and a consequence. Love comes in and sites down. Either it gets up and walks out or it says forever. Unfortunately, in our case, love came and stayed for awhile; but now, I'm pretty sure it's time for it to move on - time for us to get up and walk away.
My heart is raw, I won't lie. But, it is beginning to heal, and I know it will. If my heart can heal after my last heartache/heartbreak (Brad), I know it can heal again. I also know it will love again too - probably many times over. As I'm sure yours will too. Yes, you broke my heart and now it's my duty to pick up the pieces to travel down another path - to write a new chapter in my book of life.
So, Friday night Brent and I said our "see you later's". I hope that we do because he is a good guy, it just wasn't our time. He's heading into his last two semesters of grad school and then who knows where he'll go? He's on the brink of a grand new adventure and I certainly wouldn't want to hold him back or be a distraction. It hurts but it's the right thing to do. The right things to do rarely are the easiest, but it's easier to heal from them, that's for sure. I wish him all the luck in the world, and I hope he doesn't mind me posting part of my letter...
