It seems so easy and comforting to talk to my childhood/teenage connects even if I have not talked to them in a while.
Somehow as I am growing, I feel more connected to my past self - More than I was to myself back then.
May be I have grown to look farther and over many things/situations/events,
able to empathise and be kinder to myself and others,
somehow get myself and others with more clarity.
I have come to know that I was not the only one carrying the baggage back then, as I thought. Most of us were/are in similar boat if not same, but just failed to see it back then - be it the good part or the bad.
So now when I talk to my connects from older times, I feel a different, tidied up connect with them - not as passionate or as enthusiastic one obviously - but definitely more sorted, more clear - of where to keep the conversation arena in, what I expect from them and a good idea of what is expected from me; having seen more of myself, world and people in general.
And all of this was there at the back of my mind even back then; but I was not sure if and when and how that works and more so, how to implement it! Now its more coming from an honest and organic and natural place rather than having to steer conversations a certain way.
Guess its true what they say - "Its not that life becomes complicated or easier as you grow..Just that your perspective of it changes - you know how to deal with it and what to make of it differently and hopefully in easier way if you have actually grown!!"
