Pros and Cons on Finding Old Friends

Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted in a few weeks but wanted to let you know that I have joined Facebook a couple of days ago at the beckoning of a friend with a baby. I was pestering him for pictures and he suggested I join so that he can invite me as a friend that way I can see all of his posts.

Well, this has been a very eye opening experience. I have been walking down memory lane all the way back to my high school days. At the push of a few keys, I found several people that I knew in high school and have sent a message to someone who was my very best friend during those days. I am anxiously awaiting a response...hope it's a thumbs up.


As fantastic as it is, I also realized how precarious it can be to find someone from my past. I found a friend with whom I almost developed an intimate relationship all those years ago. I was the one who walked away leaving him in bewilderment. The story is involved but the CliffsNotes version, I left the Midwest to the west coast and he was going to follow but almost two years went by before we met again. I knew that I had changed too much during those "free love" days of the early 1970's.

Now the dilemma, do I try contact? Right now the answer is no. But I am realizing that with a couple of key strokes, I can be found just as easily as I found him. The future is always interesting and unpredictable.