Did you sleep well last night? I missed you again. I saw a post online that stirred up mixed feelings in me. Perhaps each of us has someone unforgettable but impossible to be with, deeply engraved in our memories. We remember the past sweetness and bitterness altogether.

But life goes on. We can only hide those impossible ones in our hearts. Perhaps in dreams, we still hope to see them again.

Did you sleep well last night? I missed you again. I wonder what everyone feels when hearing this. When I hear these words, I find them gentle. The feeling of missing someone without daring to disturb is truly distressing.

Did you sleep well last night? I missed you again.

I once heard a friend’s love story that deeply touched me.

She said she met her boyfriend in college. They started dating in their freshman year and spent the four years of college working hard together, starting a business, and progressing together.

In their senior year, they both reaped rewards in their careers. The boyfriend went abroad for work, while the girlfriend got a good job with a decent salary.

When asked why they didn’t work in the same place, she smiled without answering at first. Later, she told us with a smile, “Because everyone has different pursuits. We can love each other, but we must not limit each other from pursuing better things.”

After hearing this, I was deeply moved. Four years in college, plus three years apart.

Their relationship lasted for seven years. In college, they saw each other often and didn’t need to chat late into the night. But since they started a long-distance relationship, she focused her thoughts and attention on her phone every day.

There were times when they argued and even broke up, but they reconciled. They spent a long time adjusting to each other, but in the end, they couldn’t overcome the challenges of a long-distance relationship.

In the third year of their long-distance relationship, they chose to break up amicably. They both knew that they seemed to drift further apart emotionally, as work became busier, and they had less time for each other. They couldn’t return to the sweetness and joy they once had. So, they chose to part ways and let go.

During the initial period after the breakup, she pretended not to care. But every time someone mentioned his name, her heart would skip a beat because she knew that two people who had truly experienced the ups and downs of life together would find it hard to forget each other.

On countless nights, her tears wet the pillow. They still hadn’t unfriended each other on WeChat. Every time, she would secretly check his Moments, secretly missing him. Every night, she would also secretly hold onto her longing for him.

We all knew about her love story, but we always thought she had moved on. It was only when we saw that Moments post that we realized true love is unforgettable. Even when apart, people truly in love will long to see each other again.

Love Arises from Unknown Sources and Grows Deep

Only those who have truly experienced it will understand this feeling. Some love is a dilemma: wanting it but unable to have it. Each of us harbors someone impossible to be with. Perhaps everyone has experienced unrequited love, but life must go on.

Even through the pain of love, we must continue moving forward so as not to hinder our progress in life. Meeting anyone is fate. Perhaps owing someone is how we meet them.

Just like a lyric from a song : Those who have loved deeply should not keep accounts.

Indeed, those we have loved with all our hearts, even when it’s time to part ways, we should smile and say thank you. Thank them for accompanying us on a journey, for teaching us more about life. Without them, perhaps we wouldn’t grow or mature.

Only through the hardening and refining of emotions can we walk forward more firmly. There’s a saying that the more places you go, the more people you meet, the clearer you become about the kind of person you want by your side. Love works in the same way.

May You Sail Through Thousands of Trials and Return as Youthful as Ever

In the journey of life, we will always meet someone willing to wholeheartedly love us. We should always believe in love, no matter when.

Believe that we will meet someone who is just right, who won’t hide anything from us and will give us all the good. Forgetting those impossible to be with is also a way of respecting the next relationship because some people are missed when missed, loved when loved. No need to force it, no need to hold onto anything. Only then can we pick up and let go.

Hayao Miyazaki once said, “When the person accompanying you is about to leave, even if reluctant, we should wave goodbye with gratitude. Eventually, other waters will replace the old sorrows.”

Upon careful consideration, this holds true. In real life, no one can accompany us forever. I hope everyone can understand that when you have love, cherish it even more; when you lose love, accept it calmly. Only then can we move forward on our journey.