no, DON'T keep holding on.

something has hit me.

in the face really.

friends are great. best friends are awesome.

but we, as human beings, have quite a few different seasons in our life.

friends are there for those seasons.

but as times changes... needs change, views change, wants change, habits change...

and friends change.

i have had some really great friends be there for me in times when i know i would not have been able to keep standing if they weren't there. and for a while, i thought we would be that way forever.

but that's not how it is. 

my needs changed. their needs changed.

we changed.

now, we are still friends, and always will be. but never the same.

it's not a bad thing

if not for that friend and those times we had, i wouldn't have the close friends i have now. 

don't drop all of your friends and make new ones. hold on to them as friends. we all need friends...and usually lots of them. but pick and choose the really close ones wisely. 

but take this really hard lesson from me.

don't hold on so tight. loosen your grip.

let the ones go that need to go...

make room for the ones that need to be there now.