Hi Kaelyn,
Meeting new people and making new friends is a bit tricky sometimes, in that we all tend to put on our best behavior at the start, but then after a short while we relax and begin to put our 'real' selves out there ..... and sometimes we discover that we may not have as much in common with them as we first thought.
Like you said, you are still young yourself, so you too will go through plenty of changes in your lifetime, and meet plenty of new people along the way.
Many years ago, someone gave me the following piece of advice (below) I hope it helps you like it helped, and still helps me:
People come into your life for a reason, a
season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what
to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON . . . It is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance
and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem
like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to
be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes
they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take
a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire
fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And
now it is time to move on.
When people come into your life for a SEASON . . .Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you
something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of
joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships
teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid
emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and
put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your
life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
All the best with you new friends, be they for a reason, a season, or lifetime ones. xo
