So pleasantly surprised we didn’t remember the details. Anyway, for some reasons our names were on one of our bags. Somebody walked pass us, or we went pass them, and they happened to see our name on the bag. They called us out, and both were stunned for a few seconds. We immediately recognised each other. Probably 23 years had gone pass.
The remarkable thing is that much has changed in the intervening years, much has also not changed. The personality, value system, family, choices, hates, employment etc. have remained the same. There are subtle differences and also very sharp deviation and surprises here and there, but these are more exceptions than norms. Certainly, friendship sealed decades back rekindled at an instant, and our relationship moves on. The sense of timelessness is incredible. Families, employment, wiser in relationships, more prudent in commitment etc. Though changes detected, they happened on both sides and they speak about constancy.
Timelessness is not about being stagnant, no growth, no change. Timeless reconnection is that once the connection is made, no contact does not mean the connection is severed and thrown away. It means our own independent growth is still in myriad connections with others we have known. This speaks incredible realisation of God’s time, his creation for relationship bonding.
