Funny thing about chance meetings is that they are never really by chance.  Spiritually speaking I do believe that the big guy has a plan for us to meet the right person at the right time.   For example ….Why did I get involved with my first boyfriend?  I always felt it was the right person,  but at the wrong time in our lives, but it allowed me to meet my ex-husband was the right time and truthfully the right person to have a family with but not grow old with,  after divorce I meet the real love of my life but it was the wrong time again, college bills and kids were a main concern at the time.  My friends,  well some of them were better as life progressed and some I left behind as life progressed  but each had a time and made a difference to me, and now I have added a ton of people with a new attitude in the new Patti.  So I guess it does come down to  the right reason, season or a lifetime,  Richard reminded  me of this through an email once, and  I never forgot it.   And sometimes it is after a lifetime that makes you have a chance meeting with someone…  You see I am an accountant by trade who was raised by an engineer.  Very black and white upbringing (although with faith too) but very discipline and concrete backgrounds which is probably why it has taken me and others around me so long to embrace the new me.  I have spirit like never before.  I used to be ruled by my head and now it is mostly by my heart.  Three  things I never pass by now….A Bathroom (you never know), A garden without showing some TLC, and a church without getting on my knees!  I used to rush on by all these things in my old life, always being busy being busy, a vicious cycle.  Lifes cycles are called this for a reason.     Beyond lives weird meetings I have cherish each and every person I have meet.  New or familiar.  A little while ago my old boyfriend from eHarmony came to visit (Richard) it is always nice when he visits.  We were walking and he took my hand and held it for a moment.  It was so nice for someone to know that I am a strong women yet taking my hand at the perfect moment was so unconditional and loving.  I often remind my friends that they forget that being in a relationship is special and it is the small things that make a relationship, a hand on the small of your back guiding you into a crowd or a gentle holding of your hand as you babble on stuff he cares nothing about.  Everything happens for a reason…season, or a lifetime.