Passing thoughts as I have reconnected with old friends

Over the past week, I’ve had the chance to run into, and connect with, people I haven’t seen in decades. In many cases, these were once close friends in my teens and early twenties. Through the vagaries of life, we have lost touch and built our own lives without each other. There was no formal parting of ways; instead we each rode our own wave and floated in the sea as we became enveloped in our…