One of the things that crosses my mind often is friends. I have always had a lot of friends, and have been able to get along with nearly anyone. It seems as you get older friends change. People change for a variety of reasons, but why do you lose touch? Why is it that people quit making the same effort as they used to?

When I went to college I barely had anyone come visit me that I knew or that I used to go to school with. I made all new friends and started finding myself. Then I left to go to South Korea. Again not knowing a single person. While I was away I was shocked by some of the people who reached out and kept in touch. I was also shocked by the ones who didn’t.

While Facebook, Skype, Facetime, and other apps are available to use it seems like people could just care less sometimes. Yes, I was thousands of miles away, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t want to hear from people.

Then I come home and it amazes me the effort that people put in to get in touch with me. Sadly I have went to everyone that I have seen since being home. While it’s great to see people and catch up; it also makes me sad that no one makes the same effort.

I tend to make people a priority in my life, but rarely do I feel like a priority to others. Maybe it comes with age that people feel this way. Maybe I have changed. I’m not sure what it is, but it is tiring always going place to place on my days off. I don’t want to always travel two, three, or four hours to see people for a day and drive back the next. Hell if I don’t have at least  two days in a row off it’s not even worth the drive for a few hours.

Why does it seem like no one even cares anymore. I’ve come to realize that no one is ever ” too busy”, you just aren’t a priority in their life at that time. You can tell when people make time to see you, or make an effort to meet you somewhere. You can tell when people are truly concerned. You can tell when someone cares enough to take some time out of their day to see you. Take the time to let people know you care, ask people how they are doing, and visit people when you can.