And it was laughs, cries, dancing, cooking and eating all weekend long.
We were just missing one other friend, who would round off the variety as an Atheist. I've already given her the heads up on another gathering, she is a hoot!
A couple weeks ago I had a gals weekend cottage get together with my old classmates from 17 yrs ago. Sure some of us kept in touch with one another here and there, and we may have run into each other at conferences or workshops.
But this gathering was a surprising blast!
As one of my friends said, "it's just like we are back in school, getting together at Second Cup on Fridays after clinic, talking about school and teachers and life again".
I say, timing is everything and we were really glad those grind days were over and as much as we liked each others company back then, by the time we graduated we had enough and were ready to move on into the working & making money world, no need to keep in touch! I guess we had to have so much time off and life experiences before coming all together again and truly enjoying every moment.
I didn't think much of it when my bf said to have some deep conversations with them before the weekend started.
But that we did! We come from different backgrounds and as much as we work in the same profession, there is still a variety of private and public clinic environments, large and small clinics. Some came from strict families, broken families and loving ones. Some are married, divorced, dating, single, have children, can't have children and are childless. Some have homes, cottages, condos. Some believe in a God, a greater being, are strong in their faith, question it, doubt it and have rejected their faith and are just spiritual.
I can't really pinpoint any specific Ohm instances, but what we did enjoy the most was that we were free to say what was happening in our lives; with no big judgement; no implied suggestions on how to live life or what to believe; no measuring tapes; no competition of who has the most or is more successful; no envy of have and not haves, but more inspiration to what is possible; lots of encouragement; admiration for each other and where we all were in life, even if we aren't all exactly where we want to be; acceptance of our odd personalities/quirks/humor; maybe even got a better understanding of why each person is the way they are due to their obstacles in life; a lot of respect for each other and dare I say, love and thankfulness that we know each other.
It makes me wonder what is it that draws certain people together and others apart or not draw them together at all? Their values? Kindness? Generosity? Sense of Humor? Sense of fun? Sense of fairness? Sense of reason? Life values? Unsaid understanding of each other? What makes us enjoy someone's company and conversation? What makes one bring out the best or the good in another person? What is the connection?
If I can just pinpoint this specifically and narrow it down to a science, maybe even with all the differences in this wide world, we could be that much closer to peace.
Ohmmm. Amen.
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