I bumped into someone I hadn't seen for about 5 years at the weekend. Back then they were quite a big bit of my life but for various reasons we lost touch and left it that way. It was quite a shock to see them and after chatting for a few minutes we both went back to what we had been doing.
I realised that none of the people I was working with that day had any idea who this person was. My sister would probably recognise the name but I don't think she ever met the person. I could only think of one person in my life right now who knew them, and even they didn't know them that well, and it got me thinking how people come and go from our lives. The one person that I would have liked to chat to about the meeting no longer speaks to me as his wife doesn't like me (at least I think that's why)
It got me thinking about other people that have come and gone from my life. Some of them were my whole life, or so it seemed at the time, yet now they are just a chapter (albeit a long and important one) along the way.
Is there anyone you can depend on being in your life forever, except yourself? I don't mean that in any sort of morbid way but are there truly any constants? There I are people I would hope would be a part of my life all the time we're both here but disagreements happen, relationships change, people move away...
I don't know the answer I just know that it got me thinking!!
