Agree to disagree

"Never long for anyone from your past, there is a reason why they never made it to your future."

Someone I admire posted this as a favorite quote. I can see where this quote would make sense. However in light of recent events, I cannot embrace this whatsoever. There may be good reason a person is no longer in your "immediate now" that have no negative connotations at all. I long for quite a few people from my past.

I wish I could keep them all close, the good ones I mean. Certainly, I will heed the underlying meaning about not lamenting the fact that my path has taken me where I am - and that path had led away from some people that I very much loved - and still love. For instance, there is a perfectly delightful spot in western Kentucky I SHOULD have moved to so I wouldn't be just a piece of someone's past.

Keeping your eyes toward the future allows for personal growth. Stunting that growth by wishing for things that cannot BE any longer can be horrible. That feeling of something missing can hold you back. I get it.

BUT...

I can't subscribe to the opinion that leaving old friendships behind simply because they were in the past as a valid one.

You can agree to disagree, as I've said, but I am not changing my mind.

Besides, I found someone from the past recently and it gives me hope - that there can always be new beginnings - even for people like me.