Something I have always known but never really realized until lately is how dynamic life is. Nothing is ever permanent (ok, so us Christians would say God is, but that's beside the point). Sometimes Life has a way of kicking you off your butt once you start to get comfortable with something. Friendships, Work, Relationships, etc. - they all change - in big and small ways. Life sometimes throws you out on the streets, so to speak. I have been in a semi-long transition period, adapting from student life to the working environment. Through it all I have lost touch of some friends (some intentionally, but most of it not), reunited with some, met new ones, lost some of them, retained some, etc. It's kinda hard trying to keep up with the things happening to you. When life tests you, it doesn't pull any punches, it seemingly hits you with all the problems at once. A car accident, losing touch of a friend, losing a job (and prior to that, struggling to apparently keep it), a love life that's going no where, spiritual stagnance. Honestly, if it weren't for my family and some of my friends (God included), I would not have been able to take all this. All in all, I have learned quite a bit in the last few months of this still ongoing transition. Lessons that can't all be summed up to words I can write here, some of these are feelings, abstract things that can perhaps be called instinct. That is the beauty of experience, it is not always tangible and easily describable (thus, humanity copes by using time as a reference ie. 1-5 years work experience, Veterancy, etc.), it is something within - knowledge and wisdom that will determine your path in the days still to come. I am still in this transition period, but through these experiences so far, I think (and hope) that I have touched some lives and made lifelong connections with people I've learned to care about. Rest assured others who remained out of the picture during these times are not forgotten. After all, they are the people who have touched my lives in the past. As Charles Shultz did say, we may not be able to dictate the names of famous people, but we will never forget those who made a difference in our lives. Anyway, the wheel of life keeps moving, and I am excited and scared of what the future will bring.
P.S. I think I've lost my touch... tsk