Thoughts on future and past life friends

It’s funny to see how connections are made. Here’s the raw data:

I know that Carrie and I have shared many past lives together. It’s a big contribution to our strong connection, in spite of our many differences. Though of course we have many key similarities too.

Holloway, another person to whom I have an insanely strong connection, has not been in my past life. She came along at a time when I needed her, in essence to ‘keep me in line’ as Geraldine said.

Pink’s song “The one that got away” on her newest album has this line: “I’ll look for you first, in my next life.”

Chances are, Carrie will not be with me in my next sequence of lifetimes, as her mission is changing.

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So, let those facts churn in the mind, and what do you get? This rant.

For the past few months, I’ve been rather confused about how connections are formed, or more specifically, why some are stronger than others. It makes sense to me that people we’ve known for more lifetimes would be connected more strongly than others. Therefore, I had assumed that those we have strong connections with must have been with us in past lives. That’s why I asked Geraldine about Holloway, because that was the most confusing strong connection in my life (and still is). So to find out she’s knew to my lives throws a wrench in my previous theory.

As I was listening to Pink’s song the other day, and thought that maybe I should start finding people to bring with on my next lifetime so I’m not lonely. I don’t honestly know if I can decide that from where I am now, but perhaps if I set my intention enough, it will be something I take into consideration for my next incarnation. I’m also hoping that, if Carrie does take on her new mission, I won’t feel like my life is missing someone. Perhaps the work I’m doing in this lifetime will make the next one easier as far as that goes. But again, there’s no way for me to know at this present moment.

So I let all these thoughts stew for a while, and then last night I realized something else. Maybe there is a way to ‘know’! Because time does not exist, looking into the future is no different than looking into the past, because it’s all happening at the same instant of now. Therefore, those we have strong connections with aren’t past life friends, but future life friends. Maybe that connection is telling us that they will be with us in the future! It’s certainly possible at least, though as always I have very few instincts as to the looking forward options. Since the future is always changing, it’s hard to say things are definite. But perhaps it’s quite probable, which is good enough for me.

I would really hope that some of the people I’ve met in this life are around next time. Holloway, Ash, Ellen (both of them), Sandy, Jen (both of them), Tessa, Adam, Dana, and many more I can’t think of at the moment or have yet to meet. But we’ll see. Of course, this desire is a pretty human desire, and probably doesn’t have anything to do with the soul’s decision making process, but it makes me feel better. And it’s kind of fun to think about.

So, if you could choose people from this life to join you in your next life, who would they be, and why?