One Perspective on Friendship

This past weekend I got to see a close friend of mine who lives hundreds of miles away. Big, big influence on me, personally. Things came up, and at one point the question arose, "why do I want to see him?" In the moment, that's the way my answer and mindset was going...I really enjoy and cherish the time we get to spend together, and I care about him a lot. Thoughts about what I want in the present. 

Now, a few days after that question and the opportunity to see him, I've mulled it over more. Often times, I'll admit that I  take the health and well-being of people I know for granted, that it's static and move in the same trajectory. And that's fair to an extent, I think; short of events I've no awareness of, fellow students will still be fellow students, employed parents will be employed parents.

What can divert from this is when I think a LOT about certain people, it's up in the air for me. My friend is one of those people. Texts and pics obviously don't convey the same feeling of presence as the real deal, so for me...the reassurance I have that he is happy and healthy, the same person I know, means the world to me. To summarize all this: I care about the present, to let the past manifest itself, so that I can feel better about the future.