As we grow older, the number of people who are close to us and who really know us and care for us diminishes. And oftentimes, when we want to talk with or relate to someone else, we are hindered from doing so because we no longer know where they are or how to get in touch with them.
Allow me to illustrate, when you were in junior high, how many friends can you name who actually know you? Even if you were not so popular, still there are people who would at least know your name and to whose face it would be applicable to. But fast forward to 10, 15 or even twenty years and you circle of friends simple seems to fade away unless you take on good simple steps to reverse the pattern.
Now why would anyone want to reconnect? There are several reasons and a few of them are:
1. To rekindle old friendships and relationships
2. To create potential professional and business linkages
3. To resolve or mend hurts or issues of the past
4. To pay it forward and bless others with a good deed
5. To organize special events such as class reunions or fund raisers
Let us look at them in detail.
Rekindle Old Friendships and Relationships. You may simply want to know where your old friends are now, get in touch with them and explore, if they are willing to revive your old friendships. Sure, there is a risk, you initial contact may be ignored or altogether but on the other hand, it could also open up a social support system for you. Who knows?
Create Professional or Business Linkages. Whether you are currently looking for work or for opportunities to earn extra income, are currently a provider of services, or an employer seeing a familiar name put as reference on a resume, you stand to gain from being linked again to your old friends or colleagues.
Resolve Hurts and Issues of the Past. There are studies that show that those who are able to resolve issues of their past are also better able to recover from sicknesses are more capable to keep healthy relationships. Are you still hurting from an offense done to you from 20 years back? Or are you the one who humiliated someone else and someone never got to apologize now that you are more mature about life in general? Perhaps you can serve as a peacemaker and peacekeeper between common friends who are now not seeing eye-to-eye. Either way, please do consider it sometime. I believe it is worth a try.
Pay It Forward with Good Deeds. Have you been blessed with plenty of resources? Do you have skills you can share to someone else? Was there someone in the good old days that helped you in whatever capacity? We as human beings have an amazing capacity to accomplish whatever it is we put our mind to. When we channel our energies to help others, we are not only enriched by the experience, we are also blessed. That feeling of well-being that comes after doing a good deed is simply too good to pass up on. Try to include old friends in your good deeds and you are sure to have a lot of good things that will come your way.
Organize Reunions or Other Special Events. How long has it been since you graduated from high school? Perhaps your alma mater has tapped you to help out in getting your class together again. Or perhaps you are choosing to organize yourselves for special project such as a fund raiser. Reviving your old connections, no matter where ever else in the world they might be right now just might give your efforts a boost.
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