That is a question I have been wondering about for the past year.
Over the past year I have made a lot of new friends, reconnected with old friends, been let down by a few, and been strengthened by many.
Each of these experiences has taught me many valuable lessons.
Tell you friends you love them.
Stop and say hello.
Or just send a text to say you’re thinking about them.
Don’t ever let it go unsaid how much someone means to you.
Today’s post tells a story about how and why people come into our lives. It’s about friendships that change, complete, and fulfill your life that merely started off as 2 strangers crossing paths. This post is about the adventure of chance meetings, serendipity, and what 2 people who at one point didn’t mean a thing to each other and would one day become an essential part of one another’s lives.
At times I find it hard to believe it’s been that long since we actually did start off as strangers. But then again, at other times I wonder what I was doing to fill that piece of the puzzle in my life that she’s been for me.
The interesting thing about strangers is you never really know just what kind of impact they’ll have on your life: good or bad, short-term or long-term, romantic or platonic.
When you make room in your life to let strangers in, you make room in your life for the great adventure of people and of friendship. In my opinion – this adventure is just as exciting, as daring, as capable of helping you grow as the adventures of exploring the hidden gems of earth on our travels.
When you meet anyone for the first time, be it in line at the store, a party you’re the guest at, or in your local coffee shop, you’ll have no idea if they’ll be someone you will later call one of your oldest friends.
You won’t know their history, and they won’t know yours.
You won’t know if that friendship will out last the hurtles of time and distance and change that all friendships eventually do.
You won’t know if one day thirty years from now you’ll recall that brief conversation with that stranger that magically changed the way you viewed how an aspect of the world worked.
And so we talk about all of what’s written above. It’s a feeling I’m sincerely grateful for to be able to look this good friend in the eye who was once a stranger, and to have her look me right back in the eye, and we tell each other we’re thankful that we came into each others lives.
Some people – they just get you, ya know?
It’s almost as if you’ve known each other forever.
Or maybe it’s more like you don’t need to spend that extra 5 minutes explaining why this or that happened because somehow they already get it. There’s this basic and fundamental understanding there. And that’s what I have with this once-upon-a-time-stranger.
It’s almost as if you’ve known each other forever.
Or maybe it’s more like you don’t need to spend that extra 5 minutes explaining why this or that happened because somehow they already get it. There’s this basic and fundamental understanding there. And that’s what I have with this once-upon-a-time-stranger.
It’s sincere.
It’s open.
It’s accepting.
It’s nonjudgmental.
It’s open.
It’s accepting.
It’s nonjudgmental.
Each and every person that comes into your life comes into your life for a special reason.
The people that put us through crap are just as necessary as the people who help us open doors we never knew existed or we weren’t strong enough to open just by being a positive presence in our own lives.
The people that put us through crap are just as necessary as the people who help us open doors we never knew existed or we weren’t strong enough to open just by being a positive presence in our own lives.
Some people, just be being with them, somehow help you make sense of any mess, help you remember that ‘everything is going to be okay‘, and help you remember what it’s like to not be sad or angry or hurt or scared if at least for a brief moment.
