People who used to be in your life

[Hawkeye10]

A friend or lover that you have not seen or heard from in 20 years and you know nothing of their current life.....are you happy to hear from them?

I watched Broken Flowers yesterday, and am thinking of old friends that I have not been in contact with for 20-30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Flowers

[evince]

I remember hearing about that film


Never saw it

[Hawkeye10]

I remember hearing about that film


Never saw it

And avoiding the question to boot.

[Hawkeye10]

Over the years I have made a few attempts to reach out to people who were important in my life who I found by way of the internet....I cant claim that this ever turned out well....I stopped doing this many years ago.

[evince]

Lots of friends I would be glad to see

[evince]

Over the years I have made a few attempts to reach out to people who were important in my life who I found by way of the internet....I cant claim that this ever turned out well....I stopped doing this many years ago.

I never person to person with people on the internets

[Yakuda]

And avoiding the question to boot.

Yeah that poster is a special kind of retarded

[evince]

Yeah that poster is a special kind of retarded

I’m not interested dude

No means no

[Yakuda]

A friend or lover that you have not seen or heard from in 20 years and you know nothing of their current life.....are you happy to hear from them?

I watched Broken Flowers yesterday, and am thinking of old friends that I have not been in contact with for 20-30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Flowers

I would love to hear from my best friend from my high school college days. We did some shit together. And this one girl I used to date. I still remember her perfume.

[Yakuda]

I’m not interested dude

No means no

You don't know what the fuck anything means maggot mouth

[Doc Dutch]

A friend or lover that you have not seen or heard from in 20 years and you know nothing of their current life.....are you happy to hear from them?

I watched Broken Flowers yesterday, and am thinking of old friends that I have not been in contact with for 20-30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Flowers

They would be strangers. So, while it would be interesting to hear from them, I wouldn't call it "happy". Like the movie, there are few areas where I'd like to go back and apologize or at least admit I was in error, an ass, selfish, etc. but in the end it doesn't matter. What was was and what is is.

Sometimes I do wonder how we would know if what happened was for the best?

There's the oft-told story of the bomber crew member who was sick and couldn't go on a mission so a replacement went and everyone dies. "That could have been me" is the common phrase. I disagree and think that maybe it wouldn't have happened if they did go or that the plane crashes, but most or all survive. The dynamics change moment to moment like the Butterfly Effect. Who knows the impact of each moment?

Best, IMO, is just to do one's best, hope for the best but plan for the worst. One of my favorite Zen stories, there are longer versions: https://thedailyzen.org/2015/03/20/zen-story-maybe/

[Doc Dutch]

You don't know what the fuck anything means maggot mouth

Another shitty day at work? Where do you see yourself in five years? Same shitty job with a $2 pay increase?

[Yakuda]

Another shitty day at work? Where do you see yourself in five years? Same shitty job with a $2 pay increase?

Nope great day at work. I'm not rich but if I want something I can buy it without any worry. Thanks for your concern though

[AProudLefty]

A friend or lover that you have not seen or heard from in 20 years and you know nothing of their current life.....are you happy to hear from them?

I watched Broken Flowers yesterday, and am thinking of old friends that I have not been in contact with for 20-30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Flowers

I would want to know if I had a child.

[Hawkeye10]

They would be strangers. So, while it would be interesting to hear from them, I wouldn't call it "happy". Like the movie, there are few areas where I'd like to go back and apologize or at least admit I was in error, an ass, selfish, etc. but in the end it doesn't matter. What was was and what is is.

Sometimes I do wonder how we would know if what happened was for the best?

There's the oft-told story of the bomber crew member who was sick and couldn't go on a mission so a replacement went and everyone dies. "That could have been me" is the common phrase. I disagree and think that maybe it wouldn't have happened if they did go or that the plane crashes, but most or all survive. The dynamics change moment to moment like the Butterfly Effect. Who knows the impact of each moment?

Best, IMO, is just to do one's best, hope for the best but plan for the worst. One of my favorite Zen stories, there are longer versions: https://thedailyzen.org/2015/03/20/zen-story-maybe/

Thank You for this quality contribution.