Just like love, if a friendship is meant to be, it will be.

I recently had to introduce my new self to somebody I'd known years ago but hadn't talked to in so long.

I didn’t choose to be a whole new me, it just happens that way when you’re growing up, experiencing new things, developing new interests and hobbies, and meeting new people. I didn't even realize I was different until I began hearing stories and thinking back to how things used to be.

Whether you are aware of it or not, I'm sure there have been times you've had to introduce the new you, to an old friend. We all have friends that we make when we're young that sort of fall off the face of the earth... until out of nowhere you see them again one day.

Now, often times you see somebody you haven't seen in years and you just catch up for a quick ten minutes and that's just that.

But, it's different when you go to the same college and have a lot of the same free time. In my case, I became close with an old again.

That is, until we realized we're completely different people than we were when we were younger.

And that's okay.

We're not compatible friends, and I'm not butthurt about it.

Nobody is entitled to liking you, just as you aren't entitled to like everyone.

There will forever be people who are fond of you and people who are not. There will forever be people you aren't fond of for reasons only you would understand, along with reasons even you may not be able to identify. It's a part of life, and it's something you can't stress over.

Through this out-of-nowhere-not-meant-to-be-rekindled-friendship, I was told, "The way you talk gives you bad character."

I'm going to take a long shot and assume this was referring to my sarcasm.

And although it will probably stick with me forever, I'm not upset about it.

Don't get me wrong, at first, I wanted to dish out a big "eff you"... but I decided to be a decent human being.

After all... what does their opinion of me matter? (Their overly-judgemental opinion of me just helped me to form my opinion on them, anyway.)

My Mom has always told me, "People don't care if you're pretty, they care if you're nice."

Now, I am nice, unless you cause otherwise.

In this case, I had every right not to be nice anymore. But, I never went after them for telling me I have bad character. If that's what you think, the door is open and I'll wave you goodbye on your way out. (I'm pretty good at this, I'm a wee bit coldhearted when it comes to caring about what others negative opinions are of me- which is both a blessing and a slight curse)

Overall, not everybody is going to like you, and you aren't going to like everybody.

Stop and think though. When you go to bed at night, you should always think of yourself as a good person despite what one person may have said about you. If you can do that, chances are you should keep doing what you're doing. You will always have people who ARE fond of you. You will always have people who DO love you and DO enjoy being around you.

You know who those people are, and so do I.

There will never, ever, ever be a need to stress that an old friendship wasn't compatible enough to be rekindled.

If somebody does you wrong for unexplainable reasons, understand there is no positive space to keep them in your life.

Again, If it's meant to be, it will be.