#3

“From a friend to a stranger, how’s your life?”
From the song, Friend to a Stranger
On the album, Cigarettes and Gasoline

Relationships. It makes our world go ’round. Because it has to do with people. How central! I would say that in the last 2 or 3 years especially, i’ve learned and experienced a lot about the dynamics of relationships. I think i understand better and appreciate the change that happens in various relationships and friendships. I’m glad for where i am today. I’m more mature (but still a ways to go) and understand myself better.

It’s interesting. Some of the most dear people to my heart are people i don’t even talk to regularly anymore. For some, when we talk i don’t even know what to talk about. For others, we can pick up right where we left off. But I’ve learned that just because a particular relationship doesn’t fit into the stereotypical box we originally envisioned (or even had) doesn’t mean it has lost its value. Not at all. I’m not 100% sure what this line “from a friend to a stranger” entails, but sometimes i feel like relationships have come to that. But yet, at least from my perspective, it’s not a even harsh thing. It’s refreshing. I guess that’s hard to explain. But the genuine question, “How’s your life?” It speaks volumes. It speaks sincere love and concern. Heartfelt curiosity. To hear what’s going on in their life and naturally being ready to either or both celebrate and empathize. Not forced or contrived. But real. Not a cyclical wall of unfair expectations that you bitterly hit. But a clean palate to start again.