Looking For....

I find myself fascinated by "missed connections" websites!! I learned about them two weeks ago from a random article on MSN. So, once or twice a week, out of curiosity and just plain nosiness, I read some of the postings.

People Seeking People.....

Some get on to apologize....
Others are looking for old friends.....
Postings full of hurt and disappointment; others overflowing with hope.....
Many are desperate attempts to repair a shattered relationship......
Even some postings that are on-going fights......
However, the vast majority are from people who saw or talked to someone at a random moment on a random day in a random situation. They want to connect, to get to know that someone better, to satisfy a curiosity. They are anonymous - these posters. Safe risk-takers....

I understand why these sites are so popular. We all want someone to be searching for us. We want to have made an impression, a difference. We long to be noticed. It's a heady thought. Hope-filled and mind-filling: someone somewhere is looking for me.

We feel validated when we are pursued. Whether it is a friend that wants to go to dinner, a coworker who's day is better because you're there, a family member who just misses your presence or a romantic interest that longs to spend time with you because of your "you-ness" - our hearts and minds are enchanted and enthralled. We are filled with the contentment of knowing we are pursued.

And so, I smile, laugh, sigh and cringe for those anonymous posters. I hope for them what I so often hope for myself. I wonder if one day I'll read a posting of someone looking for me; because, at heart, we all long to be found.