Timing.
Had a talk the other day with one of my girlfriends and we concluded that timing is this interesting and important element that could determine the direction of many things in your life, such as relationships.
I read through some older entries on my blog (a blog really does serve many meaningful purposes) and I found a cynical old me hiding all that idealism simply due to older, horrible experiences. Experiences that teach you it's stupid to believe or to be vulnerable. The walls I had built back then - they ironically resulted in more hurt and more walls being built. I was incapable of starting or even maintaining any healthy relationship back then. Choosing to walk away before it even began.
But I had so much love - from God, from family, from friends, even little things done by people whom I might only meet just once in my lifetime. I've changed so much - still pretty flawed, but a much happier and optimistic person. Someone who is less afraid of hurt, more open and vulnerable.
And this new me met a new you, at a time when we both crossed paths again despite many brief paths-crossings before for the past seven years. But this time, it's different. Seven years later, we journey together, no longer on two separate routes. What a funny unfolding of an unexpected and unimaginable tale! Life has its way of springing surprises. What I hope is, no matter how the journey ahead turns and changes, we will stay together on course.
Have a great experience at this opportune time of your life, and I await your return in January. :)