Pick-Up 063: A Class Reunion
Peace be upon you, dear friends,
I feel nostalgic.
Last week, I spent one of the best, if not the best evening since the start of 2022. AlhamdoulilAllah. I had a little get-together with some of my high school friends. We were all in the same class in the 11th grade (some of us go way longer than that). We “basically” completely lost touch during the past 9 years. We all went to different schools, made other friends, chose different careers, some migrated to other countries, one of us at least (at last!) got married…
We connected back last year. It was weirdly thanks to the content creation thing. They saw my videos on YouTube, commented on one of them and we picked up from there. Some of us were already friends on social media but there hasn’t been any/ much talking.
What amazed me about the meet-up is that though time and distance separated us, it didn’t feel like that at all. It’s like nothing changed. We were all vibing from the get-go as if we never stopped being those kids we once were. Well, some things definitely changed a bit, like the way they looked. And I’m excluding myself here because it’s was their remark. Apparently, I’m the only person who hasn’t changed. What they seemed to forget was that “black don’t crack”…as simple as that!
We’ve talked about many things, teased every single one in the group, and laughed while recalling the “good ol’ days”. I’m personally very good with faces but terrible with names so I felt left out at times but even that same thing was funny. It was the best! I love it when friendships don’t get changed with time. It’s quite unique when that happens because they usually say we have to be consistent at meeting up to grow stronger connections and maintain friendships.
I loved my years in high school. Everything from the building, the people running it, my teachers, the subjects…just the overall experience which couldn’t have been the same without its most important component; these people, my friends. I think this would sound so lame to their ears. They’re not on this email’s list so, thankfully, they won’t be reading it, or else I’ll be teased some more.
In the last email, I mentioned the How to Live book and how perplexed I feel about it. I’m a Sivers fan but this one has ‘some’ truth mixed up with a lot of nonsense. I do share excerpts of it on IG these days if you noticed. The parts that I agree with him on of course. Here is a cool one on friendships in the chapter “Here’s how to live: Commit”.
“The more social ties we have, the happier we are.
The bond of friendship is one of the deepest joys in life.
Notice those words: ties, bond.
These are words of commitment.
We say we want freedom, in theory.
But we actually prefer this warm embrace.
You and your best friends don’t decide anew each day whether you’re friends or not.
You are friends, without question.
You’re committed to each other, even if you’ve never said so.
That’s what’s wonderful about it.”
With your high school friends, you can always return back home to laugh about the dumb things that you did. They know the real you before you started wearing that “I’m all serious, I have a job, I’m responsible now” face. You get to be vulnerable. You get to be you.
I would highly recommend taking that one first step to connecting back with old friends. It could turn up to be wonderful.
Take care.
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“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
― Washington Irving.
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Meriem.