This isn't a picture post, but I promise to have one up later today. I've been thinking a lot lately about priorities and how a person's priorities will impact their actions. It started when I was considering if I would have time to take at least one picture a day for this blog project. The more I thought about it, the more I realized, YES, I would have time. I would make time. I would make it a priority to take the time every day to get out and take pictures.
It also made me think about friendship and the disappointments we face in our close friends when they don't chose to make staying in contact with us as a priority. I have two friends who are both going through that right now. They are both away from their close knit friends from university and are struggling with the reality that when you are living a significant distance from your loved ones, you BOTH have to make it a priority to stay in contact. It's not enough for you to make contact with those loved ones - the loved ones must also make it a priority to stay in touch. And no matter what you do, if they can't make it a priority to stay in touch, eventually you will move on because at some point, it's no longer worth the rejection.
I know, because I got to that point. Where despite how much I love one of my friends, it's no longer worth the inevitable rejection when I try to make an effort. Old friend, new guy, new priorities, several months since our last visit. But now, see I'm getting ready to move to another country and she isn't really at the top of my priority list anymore. In fact, I don't even think she's even on my priority list of people to see and things to do. Not because I didn't care, but because I did care and I did try and none of that seemed to matter to her. And rejection and lack of interest eventually was no longer worth it. If our worlds collide, and we have time for a visit before I leave , then great. But it will have to be up to her to make that effort.
