I wrote this in 2007 to someone and I kept it, because I kind of liked what I had to say.

Life is difficult, but amazing. Without seeing the reflection of our own lives how can we evolve to the being that we are supposed to become? The heartache in a good-bye can be consuming. The realization that you should have or could have said good-bye, but did not, can lead to regret and second guessing your own past. But, your past is all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that becomes a whole you. You are exactly who you are supposed to be. Everything in your life is unfolding exactly how it should. Embrace the encounters you have with everyone, and realize there is a reason that they were there, if only for a minute, a week, a month, a year, or a lifetime, they were a part of you. With every person that passes your way, in some minor or large way, they helped you to build your jigsaw puzzle called YOU..