The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
There's something about catching up with old friends that just rubs me the wrong way; particularly the ones that were never really friends in the first place. To me, if we were really good friends, great friends, we would have never lost touch. I do believe there is a difference between being busy and just losing touch, busy is just fine. But when people lose touch, they usually lose touch for a reason, and then there's the latter; we were never really touching in the first place.
Most people would probably find it strange that I picked up all my things and moved away to an island on a whim, but there's something about that distance that is so comforting to me.
My 10 year reunion is approaching and I am choosing not to attend. I have no reason to spend $500+ on a trip back home to chat with all the people that never took the time to get to know me in high school. And I suppose I carry that attitude into everyday life. I'm happy to be friends, actually... to the moon and back, but oftentimes I find that people will make up their mind about you and that's that.
The best part about getting to know people is the getting to know people part. The ticks, the differences, the peculiarities. And then, just then I do absolutely find myself choosing not to like a person, but always, always, always after I've given them a chance. I feel like not too many chances are given these days, people have no patience to take the time. That, I think, hurts the most. To not be worth the time for a chance.