Morning thoughts:

I think I’m really starting to see who those people are, those that I’m going to keep with me for a long time. Towards the end of high school, I resolved to be open and give everyone my contact number and told basically everyone to keep in touch.

Now that a semester of college is done, I’m seeing the ones I can easily hit up and hang out with. Those that I want to connect with and am able to, and probably the most important: those that I can talk to the same way, like nothing was different, all the while acknowledging the growth that has happened in all of us. 

Yesterday, Mr. Hyun talked about having a small circle of friends from high school that he still keeps in contact with. I’m starting to see that now. Although it probably is too early to say - and that group might get smaller and smaller as time goes on. But at this point, I feel much better at letting go of people that are not meant to stay in my life for much long.

Change is inevitable, and growth comes to those who choose to accept that. I’m just excited to see through all the changes and growth, who those people are.

“Just try to be a good friend to that person still.”

Today I received the best advice about how to deal with people like you. You’re certainly a handful. You never acknowledged anything that I’ve been through… never really felt support from you even though I wasn’t counting on it. To me, it just looks like you’re insecure and jealous. And as much as I want to take that as flattery, I still won’t—because you matter more than my pride. But yep, just saying that I kinda miss you when your head wasn’t filled up with the thought of people liking you, or whatever credit it is you’re giving yourself. And although we’re mostly only tolerating each other lately, just know that I’m still gonna try to be a good friend to you.