Meeting you

was a positive experience in my life

So, New Years has come and as the usual customs and habits, you have people wishing each other for good and better things in the next sequence of twelve months. And I had one acquaintance whom I met for work reach out, he's a very old man probably similarly aged as my granddad, and send his wishes. And he said this. He said, we might not be able to meet again realistically as he is old and does not have many years to live, but that meeting me was a positive experience in his life.

And it made me think for a moment, or a few moments actually. That someone thinks meeting me was a positive experience in life. I was pondering about those words for two reasons. First because I have never situated meeting people as positive or negative experiences. For me only actions or achievements were considered in such way, such as 'going to grad school was a positive experience' or 'going on that winter trip was a positive experience'. But not in the context of people or relationships. Second because life has not been a positive experience for me in the general, but especially in the recent years. Life has not been a positive experience at all. So when this life or me living my own life has not been a positive experience, it made stop and think for a few moments when he, who probably does not have many more years to live, tells me that meeting me was a positive experience in his life. It made me stop and think, and then tear up a bit. Meeting me was a positive experience in someone's life.

And I realize, meeting you was a positive experience in my life, to say the least. Actually to put it more accurately, meeting you was a life-changing experience. You have molded my life with me so that I keep moving, keep breathing, and keep living. You would always lift me up when I trip over, or you would sit by my side in the puddle until I have enough energy to get up again. It was an honor to be your friend, and it was a greater honor to have you as my friend. You stayed with me during the good times and the bad times. This is no easy feat, as I have seen most people only able to stay for a partial period of life, but not over a consistent history of time. For many reasons people come and go, but regardless of many reasons people do not stay. Out of the thirty something chances of every day that I had in life, a few of them were painted in beautiful scents and hues because you were part of them. And they will be remembered in my heart whether on earth or in heaven.

Meeting you was a positive experience in my life, to say the least.

Meeting you was a life-changing experience, to be more accurate.

Thank you.