A Parting, for a Better Reunion

For a long time, I lived inside my own world.

Back then, I found it hard to truly connect with people. So over the years, to meet a friend I really clicked with, someone whose mind moved the same way mine did, was a rare thing for me.

A few years ago, I met a friend like that.

During that time, I was truly happy. You know the feeling, don't you, when you make an interesting friend who understands you, and it's as if, all at once, a new world opens up. So this is how joyful it is, to think alongside someone, to appreciate one another.

Later, for all sorts of reasons, we parted ways. At the time, I was very sad. I tried, too, to hold on to what we had.

But looking back now, the sadness in my heart is gone. What's left is only gratitude.

It was only a brief resonance. But for someone like me, who always lived inside her own world and found it hard to get close to anyone, to have had a true resonance like that, even once, I'm already grateful.

This friend walked one stretch of the road with me. And that is enough.

I've slowly come to understand that some friends are simply here to walk one stretch of the way with us. They bring us something beautiful when they come, and when they go, we don't have to turn it into resentment.

We rarely speak now. But in my heart, I wish this friend well. I hope this friend is doing well.

Right now, I think I finally understand that saying. A parting is for a better reunion.

Only, that reunion may not be a reunion with this friend. It may be that, carrying all I learned and came to understand from that stretch of road, I become a more complete self, and then go on to meet the new people who, right now, share my frequency.

— Marie, Founder of Lyfairs