Old Friends
DO you ever wonder about the people that cross your path? Ever wonder why you meet the people you meet in your life? Do you notice that very often the people that you meet get recycled, brought back to you time and again? Lately, I find myself thinking about things like chance, destiny, fate ...
Is there any such thing as a coincidence? Are you pre-destined to meet the people that you do meet, or do you have some control in your own destiny?
All interesting questions, and of course I do not have the answers. But, I prefer to think that we have some control in our lives, and that free will actually exists. If our lives were pre-destined, then what would be the point in living them?
I have noticed that key people keep popping in & out of my life - for better or for worse. And if you think about how huge this world is, and how many people are actually in it -- that is saying alot. Perhaps it comes down to the connections that we make, and the intensity of those connections.
Perhaps we need to learn more lessons from specific people, or them from you - a little karma at work. Maybe some old souls reuniting in another lifetime...
Either way I try not to take for granted those who are in my life, and have learned that substance replaces swag everytime. And sometimes old friends are the best friends.
Your thoughts?
Is there any such thing as a coincidence? Are you pre-destined to meet the people that you do meet, or do you have some control in your own destiny?
All interesting questions, and of course I do not have the answers. But, I prefer to think that we have some control in our lives, and that free will actually exists. If our lives were pre-destined, then what would be the point in living them?
I have noticed that key people keep popping in & out of my life - for better or for worse. And if you think about how huge this world is, and how many people are actually in it -- that is saying alot. Perhaps it comes down to the connections that we make, and the intensity of those connections.
Perhaps we need to learn more lessons from specific people, or them from you - a little karma at work. Maybe some old souls reuniting in another lifetime...
Either way I try not to take for granted those who are in my life, and have learned that substance replaces swag everytime. And sometimes old friends are the best friends.
Your thoughts?
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Sometimes, I feel it's a way to resign to our fate...I don't like that, it makes me feel powerless.
Oddest story of coming across someone was a dear friend and I lost touch. I kept thinking it would be great to know what happened to so and so. Well my Mom who was about 1,000 miles away from me at the time went to visit a small town with a friend. She almost didn't go. She happened to mention her daughter while she was visiting. A total stranger approached her with a business card. My friend had been doing relief work after a hurricane with the woman. Friend gave the woman a card to put in her purse, just in case she came across me. The woman was from a city I used to live in. My Mom took the card and called me. I called my friend and our families have stayed in touch ever since. My friend took the chance and gave the card. Since I had lived in that city and still had family there, the odds were that at some point the woman might realistically come across someone who knew me. She was the sort of person who followed through on things so she paid attention, and when the opportunity came she took the chance and gave the card to my Mom. It was a pebble in the water, not destiny.