seasons

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been saddened by the fact that people who were important to me during college, even this last year, will no longer be in my life. Sure, we can facebook each other, send an e mail or two. But it won't be the same. There are seasons in everyone's life when people filter in an out. That's just how it is. It makes me sad, but I draw strength from the fact that I have learned something from them, just as surely as they have learned something from me. As the old saying goes... "I am apart of everyone I know." or something to that effect.
As much as people filter in an out of our lives, we change too. We each have different seasons that we go through that strengthen and challenge and inspire us in different ways. It's an ever-changing cycle... But a good one, especially when you are aware of it enough to note the seasons, learn from them, and embrace the new ones as they come.