You Live and You Learn
The absence....... While I was growing up my father was not around and his absence, as expected, had an effect on my life in one way or another. Even though he has been absent I have learned some very valuable concepts from our relationship. The first one was to cherish those who are in my life and to live life to the fullest with those people. A lot of times we will dwell on those who are not in our lives and why they are not there but all that does is keeps us from enjoying the time with those that are with us at the time. Why should it matter that someone is not there anymore, when they have removed them selves from the equation? If the person did not want to be around you or talk to you any longer then why does it bother you to point that those around you just aren't good enough for you to be happy with them? I am not saying that you should completely dismiss the fact that a person is not in your life but once you confront the feelings that you have with that issue of them...