The truth is that in the scheme of an entire lifetime, we all live a few lives, and each one has a different set of people in it. As we outgrow one part of our lives, we also move toward the new experience and with that, a new set of people. Shakespeare said, "life is a stage and we are but players in it."
It's a comforting way to look at the comings and goings of the people in our lives. At different points in time, I've had clear indications of who would be coming into my life, while they were still on the periphery. It's an exciting moment when you can have that intuitive pull about someone, be able to acknowledge the pull, yet hang back and not act on it. Watching the play of your life proceed as the Witness of the mind allows the timing of the comings and goings to just "be" is a great attainment. I do acknowledge that the "goings" of certain people in our lives can be bittersweet and at times, filled with regret. Remember that for every ending there is a new beginning. Life does contain it's share of pathos and happily, joy!
Can you identify people and times in your life when you could see and feel this play while it was happening?
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