Remember what they were to you

I found this on my journal entries 2 years ago. Why is it still so painful now?

I thought time would heal everything, but the pain is still here.

2/08/2007

I found this quotation in someone else’s blog comments. Tommy, a fellow blogger, wrote about his pain when his furry friend (a cat) died and lots of people were able to relate to it including me. Whether we lost a person, or a cat (which was with Tommy for 17 years), LETTING GO is a painful process. But no matter how hard it takes, or how long, eventually the wounds heal, and we find some comfort in the fact the person or friend we lost will always remain in our hearts.]

Below is a note a nice passerby on Tommy’s blog left for all of us to ponder on.

"Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there…to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be but you lock eyes with them, and you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

These people might only be with you for a short period of time, but they serve a purpose. And when that purpose is done, they fly away from our lives, suddenly, painfully, slowly or gradually. Some stay.

Whoever they may be, remember them. Remember what they were to you. Remember the lesson learned, the happiness and love, the tears and pain.

Sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or endurance.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck.

Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.

Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere; safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet affect your life.

The successes and downfalls that you experience can create who you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact they are probably the most poignant and important ones."