Meeting the Past

Today, I saw someone I haven't seen in several years.

I can't recall exactly the last time I saw her. It seems as though I worked with her one day and, the next day, she was gone.

Today's meeting was a brief one, but in that span of several minutes, my faith in humanity and my faith in myself was strengthened.

This woman remembered me. She remembered my hopes and my dreams and what I had talked about being so long ago. She remembered my friends and my plans for the future. I think I only worked with her for maybe six months, but, after all these years, she still remembered me.

It amazes me that she remembered me. Or remembers me, rather. She recognized me immediately. She was able to recall all these things I told her years ago as if I had just told her yesterday.

Lately, I had started to doubt myself and doubt my plans for law school. But seeing this woman today, seeing her eyes light up when I told her about going to law school, and hearing her say that she's excited for me and thinks law school is a great idea for me ("That's just what you wanted!") really made me realize that I am doing the right thing.

Affirmation... it's a wonderful thing.