The one that got away is such a strange concept to me because I always thought it was something or someone you held onto always. Yet this is not always the case. The lesson is if you love someone let them go. Letting someone or something you love go is not easy. Letting a dream you love go, is just as hard as letting a person go.

This past year has consisted of me letting people get away. Friends, boys and even some of myself I’ve found, got away. The one can be anything or anyone, even yourself. I let people and some of myself get away for good reasons and bad reasons. I’m a huge fan of letting things go and freeing myself from anyone or anything. However, this isn’t always the best for me but it still happens.

I want it all back, yet I am not willing to go get it all back. All those people and things have moved on. They have gone on to bigger things and better things. I have also done the same. No amount of regret or wanting will bring any of it back. Dealing with the consequences is part of losing something. Getting through it is something I despise.

I have recently realized that regret and being sad doesn’t change a thing about it. Everything is temporary and nothing is permanent.

Those people and things had their season in my life and now it’s over. There is nothing I can do to bring it back. It’s disheartening at times yet it’s a huge relief. I have learned that it’s okay for it to be over. It was supposed to happen the way it did and now I find myself moving on.

Moving on is upsetting as I wish I could have followed through, but it’s freeing. None of it was meant to happen and none of it did. Life will go on for me. One day I won’t see any of it as being the one that got away. Nothing is more comforting than that. As I find myself moving on, I know that so much lies ahead of me and I have so much more to look forward to. New experiences, new people, new ideas and new versions of myself are involved. Letting go of the past will make life easier and I will be better off for it. The ones that got away were supposed to go away to pave a new path for me.

None of it really got away. All that was supposed to leave, left. It was all meant to happen that way. So to all the ones that got away, I'm paving my own way now and moving on. It's about time I do and it feels good.