Incredible possibilities

In June 2009, I was notified by a friend that someone we knew in high school had died in a car accident. The news came as a shock, even though I hadn’t seen the person in two years. I immediately thought about the last time I saw him, and then began shuffling through years of memories; the things we did together, and how as we got older, slowly drifted apart – a natural progression of life – and that I would never see that person again. These thoughts and memories stayed with me throughout the week that I heard the news, and then got buried over by day to day things and other issues.

Then last week, I had a very brief but intense dream where I was in a public place and this old friend approached me, happy to see me after so many years. I was utterly shocked, as I couldn’t understand how it was possible that I was seeing him. I immediately embraced him, told him how good it was to see him, and began to weep as I held him. This emotion was so strong that I woke up, my heart pounding in my chest, and I lay in bed feeling like I was hit by something as I slowly calmed back down thinking what a strange dream it was.

Over the weekend, I kept thinking about this dream, and was compelled to find more information about my friend’s death. I began searching the internet and couldn’t find much information about him at all, which was both strange and nice to find someone whose every move wasn’t documented by Google.

Still obsessed over finding some information, today I decided to make a phone call to the last place I saw him, years ago: his employer, who at the time, barely had him on the clock part time. It was a long shot that they would have any info, but it was the only lead I could think of.

After waiting out the automated message and trying some extensions, I finally was connected to the company operator, who merely took my info and said she would try to find him. She obviously didn’t know him, and I didn’t want to get into the whole story with her, so I left the message.

Within five minutes my phone rang, and it was my friend. He is still alive.

It’s strange how information and experience can be so distant from one another, yet combine in such a way to create a situation like this. I can’t explain why I had the dream I did, but what’s important is that today I had a revelation about the possibilities of things, and how incredible it can be to reconnect with people – or to even start a connection. Hold on dearly to the ones you have, and don’t forget them. You never know where they will lead you.