Forever? The word means so much to some of us. Especially, to the people who are grown watching those romantic fiction. I am one of them. I believed in forever as a child. I was fascinated by the concept of forever.

Imagine, having someone for lifetime. How beautiful, isn't it?

I wanted my people to never leave me. Born an introvert, I connected with very few. So, those humans turned into my habit and I never adored the thought of not having them in my life.

Like most people my forever bubble was busted when I had to leave behind my school friends and get associated in new institute. Yet, we had that hope that our friendship would survive but it didn't. We had our life to deal with, so handling our friendship wasn't one of our priorities.

Intitally, I blamed my friends for not putting in efforts to be in contact. I met new people and we became friends, I started seeing my forever in them but later that bubble was busted as well. I started cursing myself, maybe I was the problem if I couldn't maintain friendship for long. For years as it is shown in movies. I didn't needed bunch of them but only one to keep for lifetime. Yet I wasn't able to maintain it.

Until, I realised there wasn't anything like forever. We aren't here for forever. We can't keep our parents forever than how can I wish for my friendship to be forever?

It was always about, now! At this moment. In your present. And when I realised it, those disappointments I had with others and myself, wiped off.

It wasn't about forever but memories. It was about memories you created, people you met and things you achieved. It was more about the journey rather than the concept of forever.

I also realised that people come in our life with an expiry date. They are going to stay in our life till the purpose is fulfilled. Their purpose in our life. We won't be aware of their purpose until they leave us.

If you take a moment and think about all those people you met, all the friends you made. They showed a part of us. Maybe the caring person we are, the loyal ones. The helpful one. Various version of us which we weren't aware of. Some made us the funny one, maybe some made us the intelligent one. Every creature brought something out of us. Maybe some of them taught us much needed life lessons.

They were important for our life journey. For the person we needed to be to survive the journey of life. They were just a chapter in our story not our story.

This realisation offer us with so much freedom. It allows us to forgive humans for leaving us behind. It allows us to leave people behind if they are hindering our growth. Choosing our dream shouldn't be considered as selfishness.

Overall, it allows us to see the world from broad perspective. That maybe forever is a myth! Why not just concentrate on making memories and enjoying our journey of life?