As I sit and ponder on my life and what was and now what is....I realize how much life is just a circle.  It amazes me that where we start as children and teens, the bonds we formed get lost as we proceed down our own paths of adulthood. Spouses, partners, loved ones, children, money, all intervene in our lives. We become focused on building our own homes and family. We decide if we wish to be wealthy and/or famous or simply do the best we can at providing for our loved ones. We become what our souls really value.  Sometimes we get caught up in our own personal battles and hazards that we seem to be unable to break free of. As we age, we realize life was a journey of education and growth of spirit. We no longer have to guide our young, be soccer moms or dads.  We now have the time to figure out who WE are and where we fit in the scheme of life's ongoing saga.  Some of us continue to make the same mistakes over and over again as if we were in a room with no doors. Some of us become introspective and realize we must have learned a lot more than we thought and now must figure out how to use this knowledge. The past relationships and friendships we made come back to us as fond memories as we again seek each other out. We find some have not changed, some have become so different that it is hard to relate to them. This really doesn't matter as we begin to close the circle back up and hold on to each other, support each other, and just be there for another. I am finding that our differences are our similarities...just as they were when we were young. These things didn't really matter when we were all outdoors playing hide and seek, or tag. We were all one despite how different we were. As I said, FULL CIRCLE.....it shouldn't matter now either for we are all coming to the circle's close where it will all start over again and again. The real lesson here is what we get out of life, and that we realize, in the end, IT'S ALL ONLY LOVE.