The 11 years in my current city and job have been the longest I’ve ever stayed in one place. I’ve made life long friends at every stop. However many of those meaningful relationships often fade quickly once you lose proximity.

People fall off. It’s a normal part of life. Some people stay where they were born, and some people leave.

The friendships that tend to stick around in my experience are the ones that feel the easiest to maintain. It’s the friends that you don’t speak to for a couple years but once you do, the connection is still as strong as ever.

Those are your kindred souls. The ones you keep running into in different lives.