An Open Letter To My BFF
Bring with you an open mind
Dear BFF, I understand it is hard for you to believe that I have become a different person. My priorities in life have changed. My dreams and aspirations are far-fetched from what we once planned together.
It was not easy for me either. It took me breaking some old habits, fighting a few battles, hitting actual rock-bottoms, taking a leap of faith, and emerging through it all to become this NEW me. I have evolved.
Here is what I wish you knew:
Please stop complaining that I have changed. I have outgrown the past version of myself. And I am finally happy to be serving the best version of me in all tenses. But you regret my changes because you are not able to relate to me anymore.
I have not forgotten the past. I am just incapable of dwelling on it.
You take pride in bringing up the same fights a couple of decades later. I am embarrassed for you. It is plain abuse of your mind, my time, and to all the distastefulness that follows.
When You Have Nothing Nice To Say, Say Nothing At All.
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