old friends and strangers
I’m feeling good these days. My presentation last weekend at a state professional organization was a pretty big deal for me, and since it went well, it may mean more of that in the future. I may become quite the traveler as my company deploys me near and far to talk about books. Perhaps a year from now, my opinions on travel will have changed as I get used to it. Or perhaps I’ll be even more disinclined to it. We shall see. Either way, it’ll be a good experience.
Recently, Chad has reconnected with some old friends, which is really neat for him. It sparked my curiosity, so I googled a few old names. All I really found out is that my college roommate is now a junior high school teacher in her hometown. I wonder what happened to all the other names I used to know. The Internet has no trace, it seems. I should have kept in better touch.
Of course, with a blog, I can keep in touch with all sorts of people with whom I am not even connected. These words are here for old friends and new to keep track of my comings and goings, as well as acquaintances and strangers. It’s kind of unnerving, really. I am keeping in touch with an unknowable amount of people. That’s the way it started-to keep in touch with the far away friends I missed. Then it was a way to express myself, finally a valid reason to write! Then it was a way for me to deal with my intense loneliness during a dark period in my life. Now I don’t know what it is, save for dangerous.
Are you reading this, old friends, acquaintances, and strangers?
All this is punctuated by an old conversation with a long lost friend. We must have talked about this before, but old friends retrace the same steps gingerly upon re-meetance. We spoke of love, romance, relationships: our hearts in agreement that the mark of a healthy relationship (romantic or otherwise) is that both parties become better people. Our good qualities are amplified by that friend or significant other. That’s what makes us want them in our lives. I am only too glad to have found such a heart myself. And for all those who have.
Recently, Chad has reconnected with some old friends, which is really neat for him. It sparked my curiosity, so I googled a few old names. All I really found out is that my college roommate is now a junior high school teacher in her hometown. I wonder what happened to all the other names I used to know. The Internet has no trace, it seems. I should have kept in better touch.
Of course, with a blog, I can keep in touch with all sorts of people with whom I am not even connected. These words are here for old friends and new to keep track of my comings and goings, as well as acquaintances and strangers. It’s kind of unnerving, really. I am keeping in touch with an unknowable amount of people. That’s the way it started-to keep in touch with the far away friends I missed. Then it was a way to express myself, finally a valid reason to write! Then it was a way for me to deal with my intense loneliness during a dark period in my life. Now I don’t know what it is, save for dangerous.
Are you reading this, old friends, acquaintances, and strangers?
All this is punctuated by an old conversation with a long lost friend. We must have talked about this before, but old friends retrace the same steps gingerly upon re-meetance. We spoke of love, romance, relationships: our hearts in agreement that the mark of a healthy relationship (romantic or otherwise) is that both parties become better people. Our good qualities are amplified by that friend or significant other. That’s what makes us want them in our lives. I am only too glad to have found such a heart myself. And for all those who have.