RELATIONSHIPS

I've been thinking a lot about relationships. Who will I be friends with after graduation?? Will it be like high school where I still communicate with ONE PERSON? (I pray not). It is becoming even more real to me since Im spending my last semester in school working an internship, almost 200miles from where I spent the last 3.5yrs of my life building relationships. It's really putting some of my friendships in perspective. Who is IN THIS for the long run, who even cares??

I took the Greyhound to a Research Conference presentation in Huntsville this past week,and right before getting on my connecting bus in Houston, I was listening to some people's conversations. I was riding the bus for 1.5hrs and would be at my destination, a man behind was heading to Los Angeles, a few people to Dallas, a woman in the seat next to me COnroe, TX (20minutes before my destination.) BUt surprisingly, we were ALL on the same bus. It made me think some about life and relationships.

We may all be on the same bus, but we don't have the same destinations, and half of the story is knowing who is going the distance with you and cultivating THOSE relationships, BUT also, building those bonds with some of the people who may NOT be going the same distance you are, helps keep life in perspective.


ON THE OTHER END OF THINGS! To truly be successful in our relationships, how ever many each person decides to cultivate, it is CRITICAL to be INTENTIONAL about friendships. In the first stages of friendship, at least in my experience, it is not as critical to be intentional, because it sometimes leads to a FORCED friendship, but after the foundation has been set up, then, when you move, or graduate, or start doing whatever with your life, chilling till 4a.m. in the dorm lobby doesn't just happen. Plans MUST be made.