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At some point during this afternoon, I hit upon a topic that I wanted to write about. Instead of making a note, I felt assured that I would remember. But, of course, I haven't the slightest idea now that I'm sitting here. So, here we go, off the cuff.
Sometimes life gets crazy or circumstances change. When you find yourself in a different place than those who have been playing a major role in your life, it can become disconcerting to feel a growing distance. Despite distance, those that matter and truly care will rise to the top. Maybe the frequency of time together will change, but the connection will remain.
In my life, I've had a tendency to befriend people with independent spirits. Many of the people that I consider my close friends have spread far and wide across the country, and many of them have never met one another. It can take effort to maintain connections with people that you rarely see. But when you reconnect and there's that easy feeling of never having missed a beat, there's no doubt that you'll continue finding ways to create a presence in one another's lives.
So far this has been a week of reconnecting and/or making plans with these long-distance friends, and I'm just reminded of how thankful I am to have these great individuals in my life. And how worthwhile it is to put in the effort.
sailing away \07.11\
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Sometimes life gets crazy or circumstances change. When you find yourself in a different place than those who have been playing a major role in your life, it can become disconcerting to feel a growing distance. Despite distance, those that matter and truly care will rise to the top. Maybe the frequency of time together will change, but the connection will remain.
In my life, I've had a tendency to befriend people with independent spirits. Many of the people that I consider my close friends have spread far and wide across the country, and many of them have never met one another. It can take effort to maintain connections with people that you rarely see. But when you reconnect and there's that easy feeling of never having missed a beat, there's no doubt that you'll continue finding ways to create a presence in one another's lives.
So far this has been a week of reconnecting and/or making plans with these long-distance friends, and I'm just reminded of how thankful I am to have these great individuals in my life. And how worthwhile it is to put in the effort.
Do you remember the awkward adolescent years? If you don't recall having awkward years, you're most likely delusional. It's not something I think about often, for good reason, and I doubt that I've thought about those years in quite a while. But the youngest of my cousins are in that awkward stage right now, and seeing them over the past few days brought it all back.
Changing dynamics of friendships. Braces. The opposite sex. Self-consciousness.
Some of the awkward memories merely make me laugh or shake my head. During my middle school years I weighed somewhere between 80-90 pounds and probably measured around 5'3". There wasn't much of me. Yet, I insisted on wearing my shirts in a size large. Other memories are less amusing, but have given me insight into my personal development. I can see aspects of my personality that began taking root back in those seemingly innocent middle school and high school years.
To be completely honest, I've never longed to return to those years of my life. I can see how people might say that things were so much easier back then and they'd gladly go back. The way I remember it, the challenges and emotions of those days felt big when you were in their midst. Today's challenges in the adult world may be of a different nature, but our enhanced (hopefully) personal development is equitable to their heightened gravity.
beached \07.06\
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Changing dynamics of friendships. Braces. The opposite sex. Self-consciousness.
Some of the awkward memories merely make me laugh or shake my head. During my middle school years I weighed somewhere between 80-90 pounds and probably measured around 5'3". There wasn't much of me. Yet, I insisted on wearing my shirts in a size large. Other memories are less amusing, but have given me insight into my personal development. I can see aspects of my personality that began taking root back in those seemingly innocent middle school and high school years.
To be completely honest, I've never longed to return to those years of my life. I can see how people might say that things were so much easier back then and they'd gladly go back. The way I remember it, the challenges and emotions of those days felt big when you were in their midst. Today's challenges in the adult world may be of a different nature, but our enhanced (hopefully) personal development is equitable to their heightened gravity.