Granted, you’ll have to wait for people eventually. Whether it be your mom at the store or your friend after class. You’ll have to wait for people to catch up with you and for others to make a quick call and share a story. You’ll have to wait on people throughout life, but never wait on people to make you happy.

No matter who you are or what you thrive to be, people are going to walk into your life and you are going to wonder how you’d ever live without them. Those people will come and change your life for the better and sometimes for worse. They will open doors for you or restrict you from opportunities. No matter what their intentions are, they will leave an impact and you will wonder how life would go on if you lost them.

But they key to life is knowing that life will go on.

People will leave your life and you will question your next move in life. You will question if you can let other people in or even try to put forth as much effort as you previously did. You’re going to wait and wait until that person re-enters your life or until you both move on enough to find happiness elsewhere. Whatever you do, don’t wait on them.

The person that may return to your life will not be the same person that left it. No matter what, change will come with time. It may get to the point where you won’t recognize the person they have become and you won’t understand how vastly different your friendship would be. The person you miss is not the person they are present day. Don’t settle for less and wait for them, especially when so many people are waiting to be your friend.

Instead, open doors for those who love you and cherish the time they have with you. Open doors for those who you love to make happy and for those you wish to see succeed. Open doors for those who never left your side when you were at the happiest, hardest, and weirdest moments of your life.

Settle for the people who make you the happiest, not for those who left you at your weakest. Settle for those who make everyday an adventure and something to look forward to. Settle for those who have aspirations other than focusing on themselves. Settle for those who will be there for you in all of the ups and downs in life. Make time for the person you know you want to help in life. Let the person in who you want to continually have rather than have temporarily. Settle for the person that makes you happy that the previous person left, so you can finally live a happy and adventurous life.

Settle for many people like that. Take chances and put yourself out there. Whether you know it or not, there are so many amazing people out there who will click with you more than you’d ever expect. You will take a drive through the old foggy town at 2am with people you never thought you’d spend time with. You will go out to eat and get to know the funniest of people. You will be lab partners with the valedictorian during the day, and go out for coffee that evening to learn more about their life. Open doors for these people who make life a little more interesting. Don’t wait for that one person to come back, when in reality so many others are waiting to make life fun with you.

Life is an amazing thing filled will billions of people. Let them in.