As I read your post, sweets, I found myself wondering how much of the 'you' I've known will remain, and considering the question in terms of how changes will effect our relationship. Then I had a thought...
How can I expect Ellie to be the same person she was when we met...when I'm a different person now than I was then?
As I think about it more, I realize that no one ever stays the same over time. We all change, we all become different people. But there is a link with the people in our lives who really matter. That link isn't based on the outward trappings, or even the first few layers of the inward trappings, but instead it's based on soul-to-soul contact.
No, most people don't change as much as you have and will continue to change, but change is inevitable. Sameness = stagnation, and stagnant is one thing that will never appeal to most of the people that you know. The vast majority are too creative, too quick of mind and intellect, to ever want stagnation in their lives. And, you know what? The few who can't handle the changes...well, that's really their problem, isn't it? Sure, it will create a bit of a vacuum for a while, but the joy of that is that a vacuum never stays unfilled. Others will come along and fill those empty spaces, people who will see the you that's been hiding and will be drawn to the brilliance that some of us have always known is there.
You will never be alone, and you will never be fully in the dark. Not while Shado and I are here.
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Date: 2003-08-18 02:08 pm (UTC)How can I expect Ellie to be the same person she was when we met...when I'm a different person now than I was then?
As I think about it more, I realize that no one ever stays the same over time. We all change, we all become different people. But there is a link with the people in our lives who really matter. That link isn't based on the outward trappings, or even the first few layers of the inward trappings, but instead it's based on soul-to-soul contact.
No, most people don't change as much as you have and will continue to change, but change is inevitable. Sameness = stagnation, and stagnant is one thing that will never appeal to most of the people that you know. The vast majority are too creative, too quick of mind and intellect, to ever want stagnation in their lives. And, you know what? The few who can't handle the changes...well, that's really their problem, isn't it? Sure, it will create a bit of a vacuum for a while, but the joy of that is that a vacuum never stays unfilled. Others will come along and fill those empty spaces, people who will see the you that's been hiding and will be drawn to the brilliance that some of us have always known is there.
You will never be alone, and you will never be fully in the dark. Not while Shado and I are here.
Love you, sis. *HUG*