Its nice to catch up with friends, especially those you havnt seen in a while. Once you get to chatting and talking about the lost time between you, it’s like time really hasn’t passed. Thats how it feels when catching up with good friends. I have always thought I was pretty good at picking good people to have relationships with. especially dudes, but most of the girlfriends as well. I end up having these really good 2-3 year friendships that eventually peeter out because distance and life, but those I end up choosing are trustworthy and reliable, funny and all around good people. I’d like to say that could be a reflection of myself, or I draw like minded people to me but i think it might be a mix of knowing who not to befriend or let into my inner circle. That is just as important i think. Knowing who to stay away from.
Catching up with old friends is like reading the sequel to your favorite book series, you know the characters but you have to be engaged and interested to know the new stuff they get into/got into. I feel like I get to be in the know, its a privilege really that anyone really gets to develop good meaningful relationships. hmm maybe its more of a necessity. Im a go with the latter because I can eat well, sleep well, workout and work on myself as much as I want but if I can make a meaningful connection with someone, then whats the point of all that? So at the end of my life I can stand tall all alone? I don’t think so, at least not for me. I love getting to know other people, their true selves. The people they are without any other masks on. I want to see who people really are, and I try to be as nice and comforting as i can so they can feel safe enough to share that with me. It hasn’t really been a top priority for me lately. Maybe because I have a built in forever friend in my wonderful wife that I don’t have that deep desire to connect with most anyone else.

Sitting alone in a hotel room in a small town does bring out the need for connection though. Especially with good people.