Letter 40
We are coming up on our last ten posts together. I hope they have been useful. I will leave them here, so that should anyone stumble across them, they might prove thought provoking. This was always my intention when restarting this page. Because, even if I never knew you, I do care about you.
Ten more posts. This is one.
If you have to choose between people in your life, there is a test you can apply that may clarify things for you.
When you move away, and leave people behind, regardless of technology or attempts to maintain it, those relationships will become less intense over time. There is nothing dishonorable in this, you are simply not involved in each other's daily lives the way you once were. You may be able to pick up where you left off with ease when you are physically present with each other again, but day-to-day, things have, perhaps sadly, changed.
So, if you have to move, especially on short notice, who is going to move with you? To whom is your presence more important that work, family, friends, or home?
That is the person whose interests and dignity you should always choose.
Caring about people is a good start and I've made some great relationships over the years, some that go back to my childhood. It is unfortunate that we had to move away, most aren't even that far away, but life as it is, it is harder to find the time to get together and that can be sad. We should try harder where we can.