On the Dark Side, My Friend

One of the most bizarre things about coming home is seeing everyone revert to the way that we were in high school. It is almost as if we have to adapt to the situation that we currently find ourselves in and we forget who we have become since then. When Jon, Adam, Seth, and I are back in the apartment, we do not act the same way towards each other that we do when we are at home. I am not sure if that has to do with Adam being around Rachel a lot more when we are home or if it is Seth not being around Charity, but things just seem different.

It is also interesting to see Kristen again. Last night when we all went over to the Litton's, she was the only one there who does not go to ACU. When people go to separate places, you want to remember the time when you knew the same stories and the same places, but that has changed. She has had a completely different experience at Harding than we have had at ACU, and that has caused all of us to drift apart. It seems like the only thing that we can all talk about when we get together is how things once were. When talk begins to focus on what is currently going on, there is interest, but inevitably it begins to branch off into people and places that are foreign to some or all of us.

Maybe I am beginning to learn that is how life works. You spend time with people, you grow with them, but then the time comes when everyone has to go out and to follow their dreams. Sometimes you have dreams that are very similar to someone else's, and your path does not have to split for a while, and sometimes you have dreams that are very different from someone else, but you cherish their dreams, and they cherish yours, and you walk together despite your differences. Life is filled with people whom you know for a short time, but hopefully we find those people that stay with us as we grow, learn, and discover.