Summer is Here!
We have been talking about Friendships, reunions and reconnecting with friends this summer so as you know we decided to have a Summer Blog Fest. We have invited some of our favorite bloggers and friends to participate by blogging for us.
We have a great line up!
We asked our guest bloggers to write about Friendship, Travels and Summer fun. We have blogs planned about family reunions, traveling with children, meeting new people and making friends, girlfriend trips, running a business while on vacation, meeting with Virtual Friends for the first time, high school reunions and more. Believe me I can not wait to read the blogs!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Guest Bloggers for taking the time (which in the summer is hard to find) and sharing with us their experiences, thoughts, advise and wisdom!
Thank you!
Now I have started my summer with a mini reunion !
Summer Reunions, Families and Friends , WOW what a blast!
I am embarking on both kinds of reunions this summer, one thanks to Facebook and the other thanks to my in laws turning 80 and 85!
I want to talk about school reunions however here.
I just had lunch with a friend after he attended a reunion of his elementary school and we talked about what they did, and what they talked about.
Some interesting things came up.
First of all, when one sees someone after 30-40 years for the first time….
- What do you talk about?
- What do you do?
- What are the thoughts running through your head
This is what he told me
- 1. He said no one brought spouses, as it was obvious to everyone that spouses just did not belong at that kind of a happening, it would not “speak to them.” It freed everyone up to focus on the people there and not spend the entire evening on “small talk”.
- Many people brought photos from their time together, which was a lot of fun seeing “the way we were”.
- They actually had a moderator come to help initiate interesting discussions.
- They had different activities to help everyone really talk to each other.
When he was talking about it afterwards with his son, they talked about how he “saw” people when we were younger, and how he saw them today.
My friend felt like he was an outsider. He was dyslectic, and was therefore not a great student. he never felt he fit in. No matter what realm of measurement in today’s world, you would call him a success. No one would have expected that of him then, based on grades or social skills at the time.
We use to label people.
There were the “popular kids” verses the “losers”, "the jokesters", "the nerds", "the Good girls" and "the Bad girls"… etc..
What became of us?
- Did we fulfill our potential?
- Could anyone have known in grade school or high school what our potential would be?
- Did we go out into the world to prove them wrong or to prove them right?
What is success and how do you measure it? A lot of interesting questions. Are they happy in their life today?
- Did the “smart” kids succeed more than the “losers”?
- Did they build something in their life time?
- Did they contribute to the community they live in?
I’d love to hear from you what you think a successful life means.
Thanks for the discussion….
