Companions

So many times we change companions.  People frequently move in and out of our lives.  When we are young, we have family, school friends, sport teammates, youth group friends and later, people we date, marry and parent.  All these different personalities provide us with information, feedback, experiences... opportunities to stretch ourselves.  Each person we meet becomes part of us and we become part of them.  Some small part of each of us is exchanged and we are both different afterward.  The flow of our lives can bring chaos, disaster, peace, anger, loneliness, disappointment, joy.  Sometimes a single event can produce all of those at once and can be quite overwhelming. It can be hard to remember that we're not alone, and we are never alone.  Sometimes its just a bit harder to see.