The Importance of Reconnecting with Old Friends

How many of you think about someone from your past, an old friend that you had a falling out with or you just lost touch? I'm sure we all have those nagging thoughts. How they are? What they're doing now? Do they even realize how much they hurt me? Oftentimes regardless of the questions we never find out. However, with the new found technology of today, reconnection's are becoming easier and easier. With companies like MySpace.com where you can post your profile, subscribe to groups, and search profiles, we are becoming closer again. Our nagging questions can be answered if we but have the courage to ask.

I know this because I recently have been able to reconnect with lost friends and see the "new" faces of old classmates. It is amazing how much we grow over the years, not just physically but mentally and emotionally too. When you grow up apart you tend to still think of the person as they were when you last knew them, but that is distorted. So, it's a nice change when you can finally see how much they have grown.

I recently had the pleasure of reconnecting with a person who was what I felt to be my "soul mate best friend." I know that sounds strange but some people you just seem to be connected with and meant to be around. Many years ago this friend destroyed our friendship without so much as consulting me and it hurt. Yet, I still wondered about her, wondered whether she had accomplished her dreams. As I grew up, I began to realize that the person who hurt me those years ago was just immature, like me, and made a mistake. So, on a whim when I posted my profile on MySpace.com, at the suggestion of another one of my friends, I looked to see if she by chance had a profile posted as well. To my surprise she did. After reading the profile I knew that she was greatly loved by all her new friends and that she was doing well. So, I then contemplated whether I should go on and write her to see if she remembered me or just move on. Well, I took the risk. I sent her a message and to my shock and amazement not only had she not forgotten me, she remembered everything. She immediately apologized for the past mistake and wanted to reconnect. It felt so good to know that something that had brought me pain had now found complete closure. We are now in the processes of trying to redevelop the friendship we once had. I hope we can, I have faith in us.

I can't seem to describe the feeling you get when you are able to rediscover friendships that meant so much to you. It feels as if you have become whole again. Friends are so important and the more real friends you have the better off you are. In my opinion, if you have had any nagging thoughts about people from your past, check it out, see if you can Google them, or if they are on MySpace. Take the risk; it just might be worth it, you may reconnect with an old friend.