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RE: All for one ≠ One for all.
I think it's partly my fault; I was the one who distanced myself and ended up drifting away. My priorities changed dramatically with my professional life, and my free time became scarce. The little free time I've had since then, I've invested in my family. I can't say that during this time I haven't met people with whom I've formed good friendships, but never like those, never one that has been unconditional in that people acquire that degree of familiarity even though they are not... I think I've been very closed off in that regard, and I think it's partly because I've been quite introverted since childhood.
I can understand it, many of the good people we meet in our lives are forgotten. I don't know why that happens either.
Everyone chooses the life they want to have and the rest is up to God.
That's right, my friend. I think that when those paths don't stray too far apart, it's possible to stay together. But it's difficult when sometimes we're on one side and other times on the other.
Sometimes we deviate because the same path we take allows us to change environment, place, people to be with. We forget that time passes quickly and we also forget about those we met and left behind.
Now that you mention it, I can tell you that because of my work in different parts of Venezuela, I sometimes see people who greet me and whose faces are familiar to me, but honestly, and sometimes I feel bad about it, I don't remember them. There are so many people I see every day that it's impossible for me to remember them all.
That's something that happens to many of us. I can tell you that I will not remember the vast majority of patients who come to my office. For their part, when they see me on the street they greet me, of course I return the greeting, but I don't know who they are. Unless they ask me and I tell them I don't remember, until they tell me.
What I am referring to are those people that we had close to us at work or as neighbors, and in other places, that we shared with them, and then we simply forgot them. I think about that sometimes and believe me, I remember many people that I have already forgotten.
Thank you very much for your support.
I've been this person that pushes people away, cancelling last minute because of anxiety or whatever. Eventually, I stopped making plans at all.
In my case, honestly, I haven't made an effort to arrange meetings. This isn't because I don't appreciate them or value their interest, but because my free time is limited and I prefer to devote it entirely to my family. To my wife and daughter, especially my little girl, who misses me every day. I spent a lot of my life away from my father, and I don't want that for her.
Over the years and the appearance of new responsibilities we change many things we used to do. Family should always be a priority. I congratulate you for wanting to maintain your role as father and husband.
You are a good family man. It's only natural that you put them first