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#20 - How to Face the Pain of Growing Apart

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What do I do when I feel my friends are not as true as I thought they were? They make plans without me and when we talk it does not feel the same. I am afraid we might be growing apart. Love, Laura Dear Laura, Growing apart from people and things is inevitable as we grow ourselves. While some people will be by our side a lifetime, others are only meant to be with us temporarily. Sometimes we have no say in which category a relationship falls under. If someone decides to leave, we cannot force them to stay. We cannot turn a relationship, or anything for that matter, back into what it no longer wants to be. When relationships fade, our only ‘real’ choice is to keep going. We must keep living and keep trying. We must keep our hearts open to the serendipity that has yet to fall our way. There is still so much for us to discover. The ending of one chapter is always the start of another. In my own life, I have had to grapple with the disappointment of growing apart from friends, sometimes ev

Dear Andrew How to Face the Pain of Growing Apart Andrew Jun 13, 2021 23 Share Dear Andrew, What do I do when I feel my friends are not as true as I thought they were? They make plans without me and when we talk it does not feel the same. I am afraid we might be growing apart. Love, Laura Dear Laura, Growing apart from people and things is inevitable as we grow ourselves. While some people will be by our side a lifetime, others are only meant to be with us temporarily. Sometimes we have no say in which category a relationship falls under. If someone decides to leave, we cannot force them to st

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