Yes, how did I meet you?
Were we destined to meet?
Were we meant to talk about the things we talked about, and bond about
the things that got us excited?
Did I screw things up, or did you not make enough effort?
It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particularly long to learn that for yourself. There is a theory that, in the whole world, there are only five hundred people (the cast, as it where; all the rest of the people in the world, the theory suggests, are extras) and what is more, they all know each other.
And it’s true, or true as far as it goes. In reality the world is made of thousands upon thousands of groups of about five hundred people, all of whom will spend their lives bumping into each other, trying to avoid each other; and discovering each other in the same unlikely teashop in Vancouver.
There is an unavoidability to this process. It’s not even coincidence. It’s just the way the world works, with no regard for individuals or for propriety.
- Neil Gaiman ~ Anansi Boys, 2005
If we were meant to cross paths, and if we were meant to
do great things together … work, projects, art, creations …
then what are we waiting for?
Is somebody up there banging His/Her head on a heavenly table, going
“OH MY DAZE, JUST WORK TOGETHER ALREADY, BOTH OF YOU!
And you say I never come through for you!”
come to me, serendipity
Were all the chances there … and we just didn’t take it up?
Is it that in our self-obsessed, frantic world, we failed to look at each other
properly? I don’t mean to go all keju & jagung (cheesy and corny) again but …
perhaps that was one of the strongest lines from Avatar … “I see you.”
I’m afraid of answering all the questions above, thinking about some of the people
I have connected with over the years.
Perhaps because I did not take the right opportunities, or follow up on the
inspirations that were sparked.
Perhaps I did not see? I did not see you. I was not paying attention.
We did not pay attention.
This year I hope to change that. This year I hope to keep my eyes
and ears wide open, friends. Do keep me on my toes, I humbly ask of you.
xo
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-Ps- Okay, so a lot of you shuddered when I quoted Avatar. LOL
Have a heart y’all. It’s okay, you don’t have to be cool all the time y’know =)
