If you're reading this, it's not by chance...

I am new to the blogging world. In fact, I think I may have only read a total of ten blogs in my entire life. It's never really been something I've thought of doing even though I love to write. I'm more of a pen and page type of girl. But the reason I decided to start writing a blog, is for no other reason than the fact that my dad asked me to. He is leaving for Afghanistan in a couple of weeks, and it's something he can keep up with. He may be the only person who reads this, and if that's the case, it's completly fine. However, if you're not my father and are reading this, I hope you enjoy.

So, there's something that's been on my mind for the past couple of months. I'm not naive in thinking that i'm the first or only person to have this thought. In fact, I know i'm not. However, it is something that has been eating up quite a lot of my thought process. The thought is simple, really, until it becomes complicated. See i've been thinking about how every person you encounter in your life, comes in for one reason or another. There is often times absolutely no significance to their apperance, yet it is there all the same. Out of the billions of people in the world, there are very few that ever enter yours. There will always be people you had no idea existed, just as they in turn will have no idea you exsist. So why are the ones that come into your life there? People can enter your life in something as simple as a smile at a supermarket. It's a simple gesture, more than likely never thought of again. Smiling at that person has no significance, or it could have all the significance in the world. You may never know what that smile did. And odds are, you will never see that person again. They entered your life for a brief moment, for a reason you may never know. But what about the people that are significant? The people that enter our lives for bigger periods of time? We all have them. Family, friends, significant others, etc. These people are the ones who get to see deeper parts of who we are. They are people we share our lives, secrets, and dreams with. But here is what I find odd about these people. Most of them won't be in that place of intamacy with us forever. At the time in your life they enter, there is obviously a reason for it. But what about when life moves on? It boggles me that someone can be so close to you, maybe even know everything about you, but one day not know you at all. It also amazes me that while at one point in your life you can't imagine living without a certain person, at another point you can't imagine how you thought that you could. Except for a select few, most people that were or are in our lives today, won't be in ten years time, fifteen years time, whatever you want to say. So why do we enter each others worlds in the first place? To me, the answer is simple in all it's complexity. I believe that we were placed on this earth to share companionship, love, experiences. I believe that's how God created us. He has put us exactly where we are for his exact purpose. The people that surround that purpose aren't there for no reason. I believe that he sent his son to die for my sin so that I could be redeemed. Because I believe that, I also believe that it's my duty to show that love to everyone I encounter. Everyone. So whether you're a person I smile at in a supermarket, or whether you're my closest confidant, or whether you're reading this blog and i'll never meet you, it's not just by chance.And while I've not even come close to scratching the surface of this thought, I also know that it confirms the idea that we are all here for a unique purpose. Though the world doesn't center itself around one person, it would be a far different place if you were not in it. Just food for thought...