Thin Silver Threads
These past few months, I've been thinking a lot about my connections with people throughout the years. I recently came across the Japanese legend of the red string, and it's a concept I've sort of applied to all my relationships. The red string connects people you're destined to meet, and perhaps help in some way. It's usually associated with couples. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about destiny, much less how I feel about a red string forever connecting you with someone. People continuously change, and many times you completely lose touch with most of the people from your past. I'm not the same person I was in middle school, for example. Maybe my middle school self is connected by a red string to the middle school selves of the friends I had then. But I don't believe we have that string now. It's like yarn you tie around your wrist as a child. As you grow, you let out the yarn so that it continues to fit. But at some point, that yarn will break,
