Good Old Days

Maybe you always look back and think it was better than it was Maybe these are the moments Maybe I've been missin' what it's about Been scared of the future, thinkin' about the past While missin' out on now

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The above lyric is from Kesha and Macklemore's song Good Old Days. I think about this song a lot. I am a huge Kesha fan and I like all Kesha. Old, wild Kesha, new, empowering Kesha. I had a Kesha playlist on repeat my entire senior year of high school. But this song, Good Old Days was always one of my favorites. At her concert, I was with my best friends and surrounded by love. I cried when they sang this. However, when I look back, I do not think it was better than it was. I had an amazing time and it was great. It doesn't get any better than that. What does get me thinking though, is the now part. Going back and looking at old memories such as that concert, or high school is bittersweet. I am still close with a lot of high school friends. But, there are so many amazing people who I have lost touch with. Call it life, call it college, call it geographical distance, you can call it whatever you want but I suppose I will call it unfortunate. Things will never be the same. People change, situations change, and there is nothing that can fix that. While I think about and miss what I thought was at the time, my good old days, I do not wish that things were still the same. I think I have started a new section of good old days. The morale of the story is there are so many good old days but it is important not to get stuck in them. It is a good thing that I am not so stuck in my past because that would have kept me from my amazing present. There are so many people in my life that are such positive influences. Some have stayed with me throughout high school to even now, and some I have only met this past year from college. But it feels like we've all been friends forever. Some friendships don't last forever. Some people come into our lives and make the most beautiful impact on them and then they leave. It is okay to leave.

"... some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life."