Transience

Have you ever thought about the number of people we meet, and subsequently forget? A stranger on the street, at meals, at friends' parties, sitting in a crowded space, in airplanes, concerts, in a class.

I wish I could hold it all in my head. It seems a shame that we are destined to interact with, and soon forget, so much of humanity. I guess a part of our shifting worlds comes from shifting people.

Maybe that's our mind - perhaps the soul, if you believe in it - telling us to focus on those most present in our lives.

I don't think I mind that.



Note: Sorry for the philosophical digression; given its mostly commentary nature I see it fitting in my narrative-focused writings.