Not everyone believes in the idea of a past life, where your current one is another layer of infinite ones gathering an ultimate lesson to be learned.

That’s a bit more involved than the simple, more emotionally charged thought of meeting people you feel you’ve had a past with.

Doesn’t matter how you met. You get a glance at each other and know that something is there, or something deep was there before. Or you meet because of a group of fiends and/or family that breeds constant interaction. Possibilities are vast.

Whether those connections are further explored now or in the future is determined by powers that I admit I’m not smart enough to fully explain, but still believe in.

Circumstances bring people together for as long as it’s needed to remind them of what feelings to hold on to, what to protect within you, and why repeating bad habits leaves you hurting for a long time.

Those events help you control certain thoughts and actions, release others, and may even carry the lessons to those willing to put them into their own journeys.

The rewards for shaving the gunk and rust of your experiences are worth it. From the tight hugs from long distance friends, to the deepest conversations with some of them who didn’t know that side of you, or the other way around.

It can even lead to a surprise kiss you either give or receive at any occasion. One that makes you believe that the love built from that kiss and more has the weight of lifetimes behind it.

I’ve expressed too many times on here that life is full of long lasting and surprising disappointments. But they have a way of leading you to the great times, too.

No matter how long they last, believe that they’ll return during this life either as a blessing or a lesson. Or even a reward for learning the lesson.

If not, and if you believe in past lives, you’ll have another shot at it next time around.

D.F.