Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it.
Kermit the Frog, Muppet Christmas Carol
Sometimes I sit back on reflect on the people I have in my life but mostly I think about the people that passed through my life and how they have helped to shape and form me into the person that I am today. People I went to school with, High School friends who I have lost contact with or barely speak to anymore (and no the occasional Facebook comment doesn’t count), the ones who have drifted away and the ones who’s passing from my life I have grieved and cried over for hours or days.
It’s funny to think about some of these people. There are people I went to school or worked with who I’m connected with on Facebook and sometimes I say to myself “How do I know this person?” Then I sit back and the pieces begin to fall together in my mind and I begin to remember them. I remember the times we shared and hopefully a little something that they taught me about life or about myself.
I think that’s most of all why I like to look back at the people I knew. As I feel myself drifting away from others that I was once close to and naturally you try to fight it but at the same time you know that the time has come for them to fade from your life and for others to take prominence. What I find that I cannot let myself forget is the things that those people taught me. If someone mistreated me, then I try to remember to avoid treating others like that and how to avoid people who would do the same to me again. On the other hand, if someone was good to me I attempt to remember them and their kindness or generosity and if I cannot repay them directly in some way then I attempt to do the same for someone in their time of need.
In closing though I guess I could say I hope that people remember me fondly and if they do not then there is probably reason for it. I am only human after all and even I have my bad days, weeks or years. I’m sure for all the people who have passed through my life and faded away that I have passed through many more and done the same as well. Although I would say it would be interesting to try and count the numbers of lives you can touch, good or bad, in your own short lifetime.
