tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806732779530164754.post2558042070278144770..comments2024-03-15T16:20:05.204+03:00Comments on The Kenyan Nomad: Letting Go, pt. 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806732779530164754.post-10636916271156726432017-11-02T12:41:44.506+03:002017-11-02T12:41:44.506+03:00Interesting write up - I can identify with " ...Interesting write up - I can identify with " letting go" - You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. Letting go of family leads at times to family feuds, anger, accusations of betrayal " - Friends, rather then letting go do drift apart. I find that many of old School reunions - one has mental image of childhood friends - meeting after 30 years odd - there is nothing in common and soon conversation dies. I went to meet my relations in India who I had never seen - blood was not thicker than water. We had nothing in common. Conversation was a pain - For them too! Every now and then they would say<br />" Hoor SanU" ( say more). <br />We also now have phenomena of Social Media friends whose existence was never known but they come into our lives via " Friend Requests". Some people collect FB friends as adornments to show their popularity. I had a friend who had 5000 FB friends. Psychological need to feel wanted by so many people. <br />I limit mine - firstly its time consuming reading notifications. I don't keep dead wood - those who do not interact - Click of button - " Unfriend" they are gone for ever - If they persist to remain friend " Block" and they are out of ones life for ever. In USA, being unfriended - some people seek counselling! <br />I could write a lot about this social media friendships and forming relationships quite a lot from experience. <br />As regards - " Letting go" of material possessions - I confess to hoard. All have a memory of purchase, use and associated with sentimental value. When we left Kenya, we got rid of old Grandfather clocks hand made by my fathers uncle in Nairobi. These have now antique value. I have a collection of over 300 cameras - all that I have used and are now appreciating in value as they have become collectors items. Old photographs too - acquire antique value but their sentimental value is very meaningful.Karam's Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962659922176133732noreply@blogger.com