I Wish...

I wish I was there or I wish you were here...

There must be a reason that you are not in the same place with the person you wished. Because no matter how cool or how fun their activity in your imagination as you stare at their pictures or heard from their voices or read from their messages, it won’t be the same as if you are around them. The story would be totally different, it maybe better but it may also be worst.

You are amazed by the story of wonderful things they saw or did, but maybe if you are there by their side, those things won’t be as wonderful as you imagined. Your attention to the beauty of a place or to the fun of activity might be distracted by your excitement of being together with the person you adored.

You can bare the awful story of their journey, you can be their angel by being a good listener and maybe give some nice words to sooth them. But if you were there, experience those awful things by yourself with them, I doubt you could be as calm as an angel and speak up nice words to make things look better.

The difference of your existence (be with them physically or miles away but always there to listen) will definitely make a different on the way you thought about them and the way you thought about your relationship/togetherness – despite of whatever togetherness you are doing.

Admiring someone is better done from a distance..

[a short note from a short thought]

Calabai, 27 November 2012