A good friend at work told me this beautiful metaphor. As soon as I heard it, I thought that it was a quote straight from a poetry book or a Tumblr post- which are all very relatable. In fact, this quote hit hard.

I've learned the hard way that sometimes you don't realize what you have till it's gone. 'Till there isn't any way to get it back. To get the person back. I've learned to hold onto things and people that are good. That makes you happy. That gives you no reason what so ever to want to leave them. Of course, I let what I had to go. After a while, I tried to get it back, however, it wasn't there anymore. People move on and things change. People get into new relationships and then you're left with no one because of a decision you made. But guess what? I had to live with it. I realized that sometimes things happen for a reason. People leave and people go and it's simply part of life.

Now, concerning the dead flowers. Your past is your past. It's something that you went through. Something that isn't a part of your life for a reason. Watering dead ones honestly do nothing. It doesn't help it grow. It just simply puts water on something that can't be alive again. As much as you might want that old thing back again, let life bring it back to you. Let life run its course and see what happens. Personally, I have tried to water dead flowers before. I thought that somehow it would make them come alive again. I thought that somehow I could rewind time and go back into the past and make everything right again. The truth is you can't. You have to live what the choices you make. You have to realize that you can't change things. After this whole experience of losing someone I really cared about, I realized that I need to learn when I have something good and when I should give up something or not. You learn from the mistakes. You learn about the correct things to do and what is right for your heart.

So learn from me. Wait until the flowers are in season again. Wait until it's time for them to sprout. But, try not to revolve your life around the flowers. There are other flowers out there. Maybe even prettier ones that you haven't discovered yet. Leave your mind open. Don't let something that happened in the past change your mentality of things. Try to move on and let go. As much as you might want someone or something back, give it time and learn to move on.

After all, if it's meant to be it'll happen.