My friend D reached to a group of us with a message that is so apropos to the times that we live in. Everyone is connected via social media, it seems much easier to text than to call people - you don't want to presume they are available to talk to you on demand. Over the years connections fray and people like D who were once very close seem far away and unreachable. It is mostly in our imagination I think. Each time I have actually called her, it felt like we have been in touch the whole time and not as if years had passed since our last contact - which is the reality.
She proposed to invite us to movies that we may like to watch at a local movie theater.
The invites would go out to a large group but no one was obligated to attend. Yet, some of us would show to some of them and we would meet each other on the way in or out, pause for a conversation. It would make for random and happy connections between people who have not taken the time to maintain real social contact with each other. I am looking forward to the invites and reconnecting with people I have not seen in years. I am sure, D made all recipients of her message very happy.
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