Admit it, we all been through an encounter with that one particular friend that will always put us down. No matter how much you deny it, you had that one friend in your life that always wants to put you down. They want to make themselves feel so good inside all the while putting our self-esteem down in the mud. What they want is your life. They want that honest simplicity of things; the pure, uncomplicated simple life of a person who has a decent job, a home to go to after each tiring day, and the love of the people that person cares for the most. That’s what they want. And they think they can’t get it so they push you down. 

Because you can’t replace that love and that warmth with something as superficial as going on a shopping spree. So if you keep getting pushed down, keep your head up. Don't waste your time on them, Be thankful that they are out of your life, GONE. In the matter of fact, you should thank them for letting you grow. 

In my teens and twenties, I loved, and I loved hard. I let relationships run their course, romances both short and long. As many would agree, they were all micro-lessons in self-discovery. Each time it ended, i came out a better version of me, knowing wholeheartedly I’d never settle when it came to forever. At the end of the day, all truth hurts. Sometimes I do get so lost in my thoughts everyday not knowing what to do or say. My mind tells me these things but my heart beats a different thing. I was at times afraid to be…me. Afraid my raw self wouldn’t be loved, wanted. So every time I said something and didn’t feel fully understood, I started not to fold when I felt rejection. I brushed it off, I knew that if it wasn’t received in the right way – it wasn’t really even about me. Close your eyes and appreciate yourself, love and appreciate yourself, cause if they love you they should love you as a whole.