Ships Passing

Ever wondered why people drift into our lives
and then straight back out again?
Ever wondered why we used to see so much of a person,
but now our paths never cross any more?
Begs the question: Are people in our lives for a reason?
Is there a higher purpose to our interactions with people?
One thing I always bare in mind is: "What can I learn from this person?".

I like to learn from everyone and everything:
From older people, to very young children, to nature, geology, weather, animals, a view, all sorts.
When I’m with any other human being, whatever age, I listen very carefully to them and study them intently, because I believe the reason our paths have crossed, is for us to benefit from each other.
I place huge respect, and a high value, on any person I am with, because they might be the missing piece of a puzzle in my life.  I always assume I may need what's in them, to move forward in my own life.

Let’s presume I had a need or missing piece in me, and a certain person fulfilled this for a time. But now I don’t have that missing piece any longer, so the person vanishes – isn’t needed any more.
I have out-grown them.
I don’t need them any more.
They have nothing to offer me any more.
They are not necessary any more.
There is no requirement for them in my life,
So I thank them, and let them go....

Now this certainly throws a brighter and healthier light
on why people leave us doesn’t it?  What we used to call “Rejection” or ‘being dumped’ or Divorce, we can now simply re-label as: “Thanks for the lesson, you have outgrown your usefulness, and I have no need of you in my life anymore”. This is Wonderful!

So Freeing!

This subject becomes interesting when it comes to a long term relationship like marriage.
Did we marry them because they had a need?
Did we marry them because we had a need?
What happens, when their need is met?
What happens when our need is met?
Do our paths separate?
Interesting questions for a future blog.