Realizations

Things I realized over Thanksgiving break:

• I really do have a lot to be thankful for, and I take it all for granted.
• People change, and that's just life. Your best friend may turn into a complete stranger and you don't even realize it until it's too late. Enjoy people and appreciate them now, today, and don't put them off till tomorrow.
• Even family ties that you think are strong can be broken. People lose sight of what's really important and end up hurting the people who love them the most. Appreciate and love your family, because they won't be around forever.
• Boyfriends/Girlfriends change. If you can't grow and change together, then you will grow apart. That person that you think you still love who now lives far away may have become an illusion that you fabricated, and may be completely different in reality. It's okay to let go of love when it's gone. People change, and life rolls on. Holding on to them when they've moved on is just holding you back.
• People get depressed a lot around Christmas because they feel as though no one loves them, they feel alone, or trapped, or hurt...or whatever. Love someone, somehow this Christmas.
• People will say never live with your best friend. I say, do. You never know who they really are until you live two feet from them...and you learn a lot of things about yourself, too.

So, now that this has turned into "deep thoughts with lauren", it's time to call it a night.