Let people go:

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Let people go.

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Those in your past.

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The ones you held close.

The ones you grew up with.

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Let them go.

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People grow apart.

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People move on.

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They have more shared experiences with other people than they do with you.

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So why do you care?

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Why are you so caught up in being liked by them?

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Welcome to human psychology.

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The thing that’s so hard to fight against.

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We all want to be liked.

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Especially by those closest to us.

The ones we hold dear in our hearts.

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Even if they don’t see us in the same light.

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We want to be close to them.

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Guess what?

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People move on.

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They don’t care about you.

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No one does.

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We’re all busy in our own lives.

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If you spend a lot of time with someone, you’ll likely be in their life going forward.

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If you don’t, goodbye.

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Doesn’t matter how long you spent with them as a kid.

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Doesn’t matter how you grew up with them.

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Doesn’t matter that they came to your house to play tackle basketball.

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They’ve moved on.

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And so should you.

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Had a birthday party today.

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Was for a family friend.

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A guy I’ve known since before I was born.

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Our dads met when they were 12.

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Now they’re approaching 60.

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We want to this bar for his birthday.

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Great time.

Lots of fun.

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Caught up with a bunch of folks.

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But there was an elephant in the room.

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Most of them had been to a wedding the night before.

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A wedding for a girl I’ve known since before I was born.

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Grew up going to each other’s houses.

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Lived down the street from one another.

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Thought me and my siblings and would get an invite.

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Nope.

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Didn’t make the cut.

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It hurt at the beginning.

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Now I’m grateful for it.

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I know now where I stand with her.

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It’s better to know that now than later.

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She won’t be coming to anything I’m doing.

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Done.

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That’s how it works in Indian culture.

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Maybe I’m petty.

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Maybe that’s too much.

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Doesn’t matter.

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My parents raised me a certain way.

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Show up for people who show up for you.

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If they don’t want you to be a part of their life, why should you want to be a part of theirs?

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You shouldn’t.

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Doesn’t mean it’s not hard.

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Doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck.

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Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t bother you.

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But you gotta move on.

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Keep people around you who want to be in your life.

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Who care about you.

Who show up for you.

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For those who don’t.

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Goodbye.

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Let people go.

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