Forgetting someone....

…is like forgetting an embarrassing moment, the harder you try, the stronger the memory clings on. You need to somehow reach a stage where you consciously give up trying and the process then automatically accelerates. Most of the time, getting into such a state of mind occurs only when you get so busy and involved in other things (and/or other people) that the constant ache of missing the person you wish to forget kind of gets lost somewhere in all the other thoughts and feelings you experience.

Of course, they may creep up in your mind every now and then, out of the blue, but if you simply push their memory away gently, it will definitely start to fade. You may miss them from time to time with the same intensity that you have always felt, but you will also be able to observe and examine this feeling from an external point of view, and hence control or banish it quickly. It will not overwhelm you the way it used to once. You will not feel sad, a little nostalgic perhaps, but you will finally accept that life goes on and very few of the people we meet actually walk along with us all the way.