Friendship II

Went to see ‘Country Strong’, good chick flick, liked the story line, liked the music.  A quick synopsis: a movie about two love stories, one that works and one that doesn’t.

Like ‘Momma Mia’ it got me thinking about other things…this time I started thinking about friendships.  I have my fair share of really excellent friends…especially female friends.  For some reason I started thinking about two of them in particular.  They are both dear to me for very different reasons. 

Friend #1 has been a friend since 8^th grade.  She and I were inseparable through Jr. High and high school.  Then our lives took very different paths.  She married her high school sweetheart and started a family.  I took off for parts far from home and began my wanderings.   I stayed in touch.  I would always call when I was home in Florida, sent Christmas cards, birthday cards, and kept the friendship alive.

She calls me when the big events take place in her life.  The conception of her children, the day her Mom died, when she is very, very sick.  She was there, by my side, the day my Mom died and spoke words of comfort to her during her final hours.  These things count, in a big way.

Friend #2 has been dear to me for over 30 years.  We have had some great adventures together.  We have loved the same men, traveled together all over the country and on very rare occasions, fought with each other.  We visit every week via Skype because we live far apart.  I’ve watched her daughter grow, listened during bad days and laughed in delight during the great days! 

We spent wild, wonderful times together living in Alaska … back then we were both more liberal and took more risks.  I was with her when she learned to downhill ski and she was with me the day I first laid eyes on my husband.  We’ve grown more different with age but our differences keep it all the more interesting.  Plus, we learn tolerance through our differences…a good thing to know.

Let’s make a big jump here….

So, what if, just for the sake of discussion, reincarnation actually exists?  What if not just these two friends, but everyone with whom I’ve ever been close, is in my life…..your lives…. because of karma that still exists between us all?  What if we are all meant to learn from each other, right past wrongs, learn the lessons again, and again, until we get them right? 

Would that explain why we have such strong reactions to meeting certain people that first time?  Would it help us understand why we are mysteriously drawn to certain places, or explain déjà vue, or why some friends are friends past all explaining?  Would it help explain why we can have reoccurring dreams that defy explanation or draw away from some people who repel us? 

Are my two friends two persons from past lives with whom I still have a strong psychic connection?  Exactly what is it that we are working on in this life?  I have some thoughts, but of course, will never know for sure.  It is all a great mystery…these friendships ….deep, mysterious wells of love.