Let me tell you something that I wish everyone knew, but almost no one does.  Every relationship you will ever have in your life will change, and most of them will end.  Even a marriage that lasts 50 years changes over time.  Change is unavoidable.

And most people you become friends with in your life will be a temporary friendship.  We’re friends with most people throughout our lives because of proximity.  We go to school, or work, or the gym, together.  Then we move, or change schools or jobs, and the relationship ends.  Of all the people we are friends with, very few will stay the same when the proximity changes.  And that’s okay.

People also change.  Someone you had so much in common with the first year at school may seem like a total stranger 4 years later.  This is okay.  People should change.

Nobody prepares us for these changes, so when we lose a friend, it feels bad.  But it doesn’t have to feel bad.  It’s just part of life.  Enjoy every friendship that you have while it lasts.  Look back at past friendships that ended, and feel good about the fact that you had that person in your life when you did.

And the next time a relationship changes, or ends, try to remember that this is normal, and okay.