'cause you knew you were finally free.

"God doesn't give you the people you want. Instead, he gives you the people you need; to teach you, to hurt you, to love you, to make you laugh, to make you cry - to make you exactly the person you should be." - Anonymous

Sometimes it's hard to understand why some people come into our life. Sometimes it's hard understand why some people leave. And sometimes, it's even hard to understand why we are blessed with the people we are.

It's hard to understand why some things happen. It's hard to understand why sometimes life just isn't always fair; why people hurt us, leave us, break our hearts. Why is it that sometimes we have relationships with people that don't last? Why does it have to end with pain, with hurt? Why is it that sometimes the people we love the most, hurt us the most in return? The people we care about and pour our hearts into. The people who know our deepest secrets. The people that know what makes us laugh, what makes us cry. The people that know how to put a smile on our face. The people we want to talk to before anyone else. The people we get excited to see. And then, like that, it's over. It's like our hearts are ripped into a million pieces, but some of those pieces will never find their place again. Like a part of us is gone. We gave so much, and never got anything in return. And it seems like we are the only ones that end up hurt. We are the only ones who suffer. We are the only ones who have to deal with the emotion. It's not fair, but then again, sometimes we are supposed to feel sadness. We are supposed to experience pain. We are supposed to experience hurt. And it is not the end of the world. It is not the end of happiness. It is simply an experience, an experience that teaches us. It is these experiences that make us stronger, that give us courage, that give us strength. That gives us the ability to move forward. These are the experiences that teach us to hope. To hope for something that we cannot see, but to hope for something we know is there, that we know is to come. It is in these times that teach us to have faith, not only in ourselves, but in others, in the others that still love us, the ones we still trust, the one we are so blessed to have. To have faith that there is something better out there. Something that is meant to be. In the end, it is the past. What happens, happens. What is done, is done. Nothing can be changed. We can only move forward. And in the end, you realize it was something you didn't need, something you are better off without. It was just something holding you back from being the person you are meant to become.

"...but you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need, 'cause you knew you were finally free." - Death Cab For Cutie