Sometimes the Sparkle Fades Away

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There are people in my life who are more of an influence on me than others. I learn from these people and I love all of them. I call them "Sparkling People". Some have been around for years and I continuously learn from them. Others, come and go.

The ones that come and go are usually the ones that I learn important life lessons from. Once I learn the lesson they were there to teach me, the relationship usually goes sour and the sparkle fades away like an old rhinestone button at the flea market.

Regardless of how it happens, when they go, I am sad but still have a little spot for them in my heart and know that it was time for them to go. I am thankful for the time they spent in my world.

I wonder if I have ever sparkled in someone else's world.