Friday, May 26, 2006

drift

drift: float, be in motion due to some air or water current

In a real sense, we all drift.

First, we were drifting alone; then when we meet another drifter and we drift together. And inevitably, sooner or later we drift apart. Or one drifts away from the other.

And such movement is due to some force we cannot fully control. I am not just talking about God's hands working or destiny or any supernatural power that seems to determine the circumstances in this world. It can be the other drifter that chooses not to fight the current, chooses to just let it all be.

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I was talking with Tal this morning and I told her how 'sad' I am these days because most of the people who are important to me just seem so distant.

They are all drifting away from me. Whatever current they are riding - whether they choose it or not, it is beyond me.