Stole the Show

“We used to have it all, but now’s our curtain call” – Stole the Show by Parson James

It’d be nice if everything could last forever, but quite frankly I can’t. We all have at one point in our lives, tried to hold on to something that was obviously at the end of its time. Be it an old piece of clothing/shoes, a friendship/relationship that was destined to end or even the hope that something that will happen when it obviously won’t. We held on to that naivety that hope which ultimately was, or maybe it still is, destroying you inside because it just wasn’t meant to last. But why do we still hold on?

The problem is that we try and keep ourselves in the past where there were the ‘good’ times, were we felt whole and complete. We keep ourselves remembering the good times, before the thing we’re holding on to started to show cracks, that polished surface began to tarnish, wear away. There were signs that it wasn’t meant to last but we want to ‘fix’ it, make it brand new once again. This will never happen. We need to stop kidding and lying to ourselves about something that is obviously not going to happen. It breaks us up and tears us apart.

“We used to have it all,” that’s the excuse that we present to ourselves and those around us. “We used to have it all.” The words “used” and “have” are key, they are talking about the past. Its past tense. You acknowledge that whatever it is you had was in the past, then why hold on to me when you have a future to build? This problem is especially prevalent when we try to hold on to relationships, of any form, that were just not meant to last. It can be the whole relationship in itself or may be the 

dynamics or type of relationship you’re trying so hard to hold on to. , but either way it’s time to move on. And do you know why? Because you’ll be happier for it. You’ll be able to move on to build new relationships more appropriate to this time in your life, be it with different or the same people. And the best thing is that when you look back, you’ll realise how much you’ve learnt because you let go of the thing that was starting to break you apart.

I’m not saying it’s easy, but it’s worth it. When done right you’ll even be able to celebrate what has passed because you “stole the show.”