During our lifetimes, we encounter so many people. With some, we are working, some become friends, some people become very close, and some are part of our families. We meet people every day. Some leave their marks, although the meeting was brief and unexpected. Some encounters we forget right away, while some we would love to forget but have to deal with due to our job or because they belong to the family.
We never know for how long we are destined to be with everyone. Maybe for a “lifetime”, a moment, or a period. My best friend and I have been friends for 42 years. There was a time of approximately 10 years when we had barely any contact since we had different life situations and lived in different parts of the world. It did not change anything about our friendship. When we continued meeting more actively again, we appreciated our friendship even more. The backpack of our lives has been filled with experience, and we can be there for each other better than ever before.
I think it is not in the amount of being together with someone all the time. It is the connection from heart to heart. The connection is there, no matter where you are or what you do, and not only when you meet physically. Sometimes, you may think a relationship develops in a particular direction, and it may even look like it for quite a while, but then it takes a turn. It doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship ends. It may only change its purpose.
There are two former spouses of my sister I have had a good relationship with. That did not change when they separated. They came into my life for a reason, which is what I am thankful for. I always say it doesn’t matter how we met but that we did. Life has ways to connect people in the perfect moment and to loosen or change that bond again when the purpose of the connection is fulfilled. But soulmates are soulmates. That’s why I am always curious when I meet new people. Sometimes, the reason for the meeting is obvious, and sometimes the actual purpose appears only later. The only important thing was the meeting to get the plan started.
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I so agree with you. Our friends are who we love.
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What a great attitude, Erika, I admire and respect your positive take on the people that may cross paths with us over a lifetime.
I met a wonderful woman by chance one Summer three decades ago, and have often wondered “What If” she’s the one that got away. After reading this post, I may be able to find some peace and comfort in realizing those whirlwind months we spent together was what we both may have needed at that particular time in our lives, nothing more, nothing less.
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Hi, Gene, we never know in advance what the purpose of an encounter and a connection really is. We have hopes and strong believe where the relationship may go. It is hard when things change or simply turn out differently. I so hear you, Gene. Maybe the ability to look at a relationship from a distance after a while, the experiences, and all the things we learned in between can help to see the blessing and the essence of the actual purpose. I hope you can make peace with soon. Some gifts may not last forever but still, they are gifts and no one can take the experience away anymore 💖
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Everyone meets for a purpose and maybe in that moment the purpose is not fully revealed but through time we understand. With some we just cross paths briefly and with some it’s a deeper connection, the threads of the bond are seen tightly. Our encounters will never stop as long as we are here and all are a part of our growth and life experience.
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That is so true! Every encounter has its purpose when even we only recognize it over time and through several challenges. But a connection by heart is woven forever, no matter the direction life takes for those people. Thank you, Sylvester 💖
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You’re very welcome and thank you for this meaningful post 💖
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I believe it is 💖
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Such a beautiful post. I love the term ‘backpack of our lives.’ Like you, I have a best friend for over 40 years and periodically life takes us different directions, but when we come back to sharing time, it’s as if nothing has changed. That’s a true heart connection.
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That’s what I love about this. The connection of two souls that has merged to an inseparable string. A connection for life, whatever kind of relationship it is. It is the gifts of the universe we need to remember when we think we lost everything 💖
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Amen to this BIG TIME! And I have learned to smile because it happened more than cry because it is over…
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It is in what learn through such a relationship. It is painful when it does not develop into the direction we want or stays the way we appreciated it. However, there is something deep that stays. In seeing this the smile becomes bigger than the cry… at least over time. Thank you, Annette. That is so drawn from life, what you said.
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I think the threads of life intertwine in ways that are far more intricate than we can even dream. When we stand back and look after some time we can see what a wonderful tapestry each thread creates when put next to the others even if for just brief moments of time.
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Life happens so simple. When encounters happen we often cannot understand how straight and uncomplicated it just happened. What is meant to be will be. And, as you said, a brief moment suffices completely. Thank you, Joseph!
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I agree with you completely, Erika! People are social beings. The spark to understand each other usually jumps over at the first real meeting; or not. Best wishes, Michael
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When two people are meant to meet for a purpose, they will catch each other’s vibes. I believe that. Thank you, Michael!
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I think so too, Erika! Best wishes, Michael
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A perfect post Erika for me. You do not know how perfect… People come into our lives however long or short for various reasons and lessons…
I have reached out again to an absent friend, who was going through their own trauma, so cutting me off I feel was their way in which they dealt with not having to listen to me speak about my own feelings, and trauma which I was going through at the time..
It wounded at the time, But I reached out again the hand of friendship, but I now know that that friendship, while I too will continually send them love and support, it has now finished its course.. It served its purpose to both of us…
Learning to let go is hard… For our bond was special…. But sometimes our paths need to cross and also part… And we will look back and see later on the reasoning behind that separation…
Sending love and Blessings dear Erika… xx ❤
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I hear you so well, Sue. I can relate to what you said here regarding my best buddy and our soul connection. It did not come to a complete end, but it is not the same anymore since we barely see each other due to the distance of 9’000 km and almost no conversations. So, yes, some relationships are determined due to each other’s lesson to learn. And sometimes the lesson gets completed when we have to deal with the ending of the relationship. Sending you a loving embrace, dear Sue 💖
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Endings always lead to new beginnings. And yes, you are right. Once a rift like that occurs, the relationship is never the same.
Much love your way too, Erika ❤️ 💛 💕
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Thank you, dear Sue💖
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Those encounters can be quite profound indeed Erika. Over 10 years ago I met and fell in love with a lady with an encounter beyond words. Not in the actual meeting but how powerful the connection was. It lasted only a couple of years, but beautifully so. Never a fight or argument, and only ending from an honest appraisal of my not able to share a direction she wished to go.
And in that ending I was so lost, having never before truly fallen in love. But in that very thing I was gifted with such a profound journey in going so deeply into myself that I found the truth of our journey. Saw that it all has such a very profound meaning, in understanding that path we take.
I still love her beyond words, there is no anger or hate, but a ‘knowing’ that this very encounter was from a soul I knew well and that I had been guided to this very understanding by a love that cannot be bound by words but an understanding of the gift it gives in feeling each and every step in those experiences.
And since that time there are indeed many encounters, if not in that meeting but from its destination from it. So many things we encounter by guide or choice, but some few we cannot but remember the beauty it left within us.
A beautiful post kind lady, and a remembrance of what was…and what it gave unconditionally. Thank you ❤️🙏
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It is almost unbelievable when this happens. A divine connection that feels like meeting someone you always knew but only remember when you met. This is so amazing. Even when this connection does not turn out as the relationship we expected it to be or hoped for, it has its deep impacts that show us parts of a grace beyond this world 💖
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Yes it does., a grace beyond this world indeed kind lady. You ‘know’ its touch, what it meant…and an understanding that there is indeed so much more beyond ‘down here’. A beautiful post Erika, it has touched us all here in so many ways in its beauty for those encounters that are so much more connected to that love within us. Thank you 🤗❤️🙏
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There is always a good side of everything too. It is in our development to see this over time and grow from it, most of all gratituded for what we were granted and what we could keep. It is a blessing to understand this whole-heartedly and a big big leap in our personal evolution. Thank you for your constant inspiration on love that raises this awareness too 💖
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And thank you kind lady, and amen to that. It is thankfully something we all experience and share in all we do 🤗❤️🙏
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True!! Thank you, Mark 💖
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Totally agree with you Erika. I have a particular friend who I first met in the mid 1980s. Due to numerous reasons, we rarely meet each other now (perhaps once/year), but I know that she would be here in an instant if necessary. Of course the reverse is also guaranteed.
It is wonderful when “life” puts these special people in our path. Their “road” may not be going in our direction. Perhaps their “road” simply crossed over our road, but that relatively brief meeting can be a priceless treasure that we can keep with us for as long as we are here.
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Yes, exactly. It is as if life just needed a moment to get two people in touch… not more not less. And it can become a life-long connection. Unexepcted blessings. Thank you, Colin!
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