Have you ever had the sensation where you are thinking about a subject and you remember a friend from a time gone past—a friend that you have not been in contact with for a number of years. And, it comes to your mind—you think about discussing the subject with that person?
 
Maybe this is due to what you are thinking about, (or encountering), is based upon something the two of you shared as a common interest. Maybe it is based upon something that you used to do together with that individual. Or, whatever… Whatever the case, the thought of that person comes to your mind, and, for that moment, you think about sharing what is taking place with them.
 
I always find it very interesting in life how time and life goes on. Some people you know, you keep in your life. Most, however, they are there for a time and then they are gone.
 
Maybe they are there in your life for a week, a month, a year, or many years. They are there. You are friends. But then, based upon an untold amount of whatevers, they are gone from your life. They are gone. But, of course, you remember them.
 
I’ve encountered people that have reached out through the past. Why they do this is known only to them. Some, I get. Others, I do not.
 
I’ve known a couple of people that have tried to do stupid things like contact an old girlfriend. That’s just ill-advised and wrong. They’ve got their own life now. If they wanted you in it, they would be in touch with you. All that does is to stir up shit in that old girlfriend’s life and the person making the contact looks like a loser.
 
Some contacts are not so dastardly, however. I’ve been hit up by some people out of my past and it was a nice remembrance. Most of these re-contacts went nowhere, however. But, it does provide for some interesting life curiosity.
 
But, that’s not really the point to all of this… Or, maybe it is???
 
The thing is, through time/via time, people change. If they are of the mind, they evolve. They have changed and they are no longer the person they once were: physically or mentally.
 
Have you ever seen a recent photo of someone you knew way back in the way back when and you are shaken by how much they have physically changed? That’s a weird one, I know.
 
Time goes on, and what was back then, is not now.
 
And, I guess, that’s what all of this is about. When you are thinking of that person, you are thinking of the individual you once knew. But, are they that same person? Are they whom you used to know? Or, have they changed? Have you?
 
Ultimately, who are you contacting? The person that is locked in the memories of your mind? Or, the individual they currently are/who they have become?
 
It’s a weird thing that happens. That thinking of that someone and imagining having a conversation about something that is going on in your life, right now.  Right now, when you knew them so long ago.