Our lives are filled with unique people whom we look at, look up to and look forward to.
People who enrich our days with their presence, words, actions and thoughts.
Some stay forever while some are the love of your life for a few minutes.
Some believers, some critics.
Some pats on your backs and some kicks on your butt.
From The Outside
A long lost friend got back in touch courtesy facebook. A recent email caught her reminiscing about her days in primary school with us and the nostalgia she felt looking at her classmates all grown up and going about their lives. She eloquently put her thoughts in these simple words which conveyed so much.
"I feel like I am looking at something that is so familiar yet I cannot understand"
As we stumble about our lives, we leave a lot of our past behind, voluntarily or due to the lack of a choice. I love it when opportunities present itself to revisit it-the childhood that molded us, that awkward phase we are so familiar with, the cute girl(s) in your class you tried so hard to impress (or the cute boy(s) who impressed you), your first friends (incidentally some of my closest), your teachers, the little show-of-strength sessions and lots of laughter. The memories could be fleeting, ingrained, life changing or immaterial. Its never too late to revel in that joy that a lot of us are a part of already.
Good to have you back old friend. I hope you have a good time.
"I feel like I am looking at something that is so familiar yet I cannot understand"
As we stumble about our lives, we leave a lot of our past behind, voluntarily or due to the lack of a choice. I love it when opportunities present itself to revisit it-the childhood that molded us, that awkward phase we are so familiar with, the cute girl(s) in your class you tried so hard to impress (or the cute boy(s) who impressed you), your first friends (incidentally some of my closest), your teachers, the little show-of-strength sessions and lots of laughter. The memories could be fleeting, ingrained, life changing or immaterial. Its never too late to revel in that joy that a lot of us are a part of already.
Good to have you back old friend. I hope you have a good time.
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