August 7th 2016

Hello,

It's been a while.

I am sure you remember my previous message; a lot has happened.

For starters I have found out that I haven't been as much in control of my own life as I thought. I lived my life trying to satisfy others' needs and let me tell you, by doing that you will end up in a downwards spiral where you have to make choices in order to live happily. Will you choose friendship, or own happiness? Sometimes your own happiness is more important, even if it means losing something you once hold dear.

It doesn't bother me at all to say that I got rid of a huge burden. The following quote sums up well enough how that friendship was for the while it lasted.

"Some people aren't loyal to you, they are loyal to their need of you. Once their need changes, so does their loyalty."

When and where did it change? I don't know.
However following this eye opener I yet learned a lot about myself. I should make my own choices and not let people make them for me or force them onto me.

I did just that when I decided to message an old friend again. We spoke about all that has happened and I offered my sincere apologies.
After that it felt like we never parted ways for both of us and we are glad we are speaking yet again. This person has always been a true friend and I would be a fool to throw that away and/or not correct my mistake.

Now that's been off the table;

Personally it's going really well. We bought ourselves a nice car. A red Toyota Yaris nicknamed : "the Strawberry." which is a tribute to my favourite series: Psych, where they drive a blue one nicknamed "the Blueberry".

We are also currently enjoying life quietly and making our lives together cozy, planning ahead for the future to come. Even though it's still a while away, I can't wait to start again by building on something together. Eventually we want to move out of the apartment we live in and get ourselves a nice house and decorate it from scratch so that it truly feels like a home.

At work it's going pretty well. I am sure I showed so much of my good qualities that I'm up in the spotlights. It's not really my thing though, but they like to see your efforts, so I am doing just that. Even though to me it feels like bragging about yourself while in my eyes you are just doing your job.
I however can't help to feel proud about it.

I think this conclude the things on my mind that I needed to share.
Once again thank you for reading and see you again in a while.

-Mike