Endless Potential

Happy third blog post! Woopee!

So, these past two weeks have been absolutely wonderful, and kind of cool. I've been super active and involved with this new group of people that play soccer together. We've been playing about three times a week, and now I'm starting to go to a volleyball group and an ultimate frisbee group. Aside from being totally psyched to get out and be active, I'm even more excited about all of the people I've been meeting.

I always thought that I  knew a lot of people, but these past few weeks have really put things into perspective for me. I went to the Cruise-In a few weeks back, and the streets were packed, but I didn't see one person that I knew, other than the people I had come with. I made a new friend who used to live in the same town as me, and knows a lot of my old friends. I go to my religious meetings, for the people who live in my town I might add, and I only know probably 10 people.

How can this be?!

I've lived in Cache Valley for the last 7 years, and I'm still surrounded by strangers. Meeting all these new people has really put a smile on my face, and not just because I have a few new friends.

Today I'm happy because I have realized that every person that I've ever seen (or not seen for that matter) is just a potential friend. I know, this is cheesy, but it's kind of cool to think about. Every person that I know now started out as a stranger. I have a friend that I met about two years ago, and in that short time, he has become my best and most admired friend. And to think, we used to not know who the other was. There are handfuls of people that I've met who have personally changed my life, and I wouldn't be who I am without them. How many people have I not met? Easy, 7 billion. And how many of them will I meet, and how many of them will change my life? I love thinking about that.

There are 7 billion people on this planet, and I only know a handful, but it excites me to know that there's a friend waiting for me anywhere I go.