Instant Connection

When was the last time you and someone just 'clicked' on the spot as if you've known each other in some cliched past life? I haven't had this in a looong time and i know searching for it will not bring me any closer. It's got to spring up on me. It's got to arrest me. That's how instant connections feel like. A silver lid being lift off the platter in a shock.
It doesn't just have to be people. It can be places, ideas, images - whatever. The point is, is that you're kind of wanting to dive in head first because you just know that something amazing will result from it. I just finished reading a book called " Click " which researched and mused on this very topic. The experience of immediately clicking with someone or somewhere and the experiences of not knowing how to explain this instantaneous fusion. I was hooked on this book because it was an excellent topic of exploration and i knew exactly what the authors were talking about.

When i click with someone, I get both curious as well as cynical. A part of me wants to run away because i feel compelled to stay and the more compelled i am to do something, the more consequences there are in store if i succumb to my desires. If I'm chatting to a stranger who i happen to be melting into, i know that if i fully let myself go then i could end up being played. But it depends also on the individual. Some people have me chasing and idolizing. Some only have half of me and not the other. I go with my gut in a situation like that but more often than not, i don't fully give myself in. I think making oneself vulnerable is actually a strength in life. It takes so much more to do that than to blow someone off. I'll always have more admiration for people who can bite the bullet and do something risky than people who play it safe. Being burnt and rejected has only made me more tenacious and less sensitive. Maybe it's that way with you too. I have to say though, i'm sick of always being the one who's willing to throw myself off the cliff. I've done that so much in the past. I feel like there's less demand from me to show vulnerability now and i'm thankful for this.

But i totally know that feeling of " clicking " with someone. I remember how it feels and I remember how ' far out ' the experience was. Your guts twist like a fist in a mixture of excitement and curiosity, there's an air of excitement, you want to go further. It's true that we don't find many people worth the effort these days. But i say next time you find that " Click " person, go for it.