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when people change - by joy gracia - joyfull encounters

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i watched past lives a few days ago and i have been thinking about it ever since. it is a simple movie about childhood sweethearts, na young and hae sung, who reunite twenty-four years later after having charted different paths for themselves. na young a writer happily married living in new york city; hae sung a working man in korea who recently got out of a long term relationship. the movie is mostly comprised of hae sung and na young just walking around new york, but you can tell the affinity still exists. the very last scene before they parted hit me hard, because i know the sentiment is true. na young tells hae sung: “the girl you remember no long exists, but just because she doesn’t exist, doesn’t mean she wasn’t real.” i hate that i understand the sentiment. having lived away from home long enough to know that a lot of friendships can not be sustained despite having best decisions. simply because there is far less common ground now than there used to be. while we will always reme

hi i am back! newsletters are far & in between because i am busy :”) and tbh i also haven’t been feeling my best. but here is something i have been thinking a lot about so i wanted to share. let me know what you think! & you can reach me on insta: @joyfullencounters :) thanks for subscribing, i appreciate you! people change: rarely in the way you want them to, and usually not in the way you expect them to. i watched past lives a few days ago and i have been thinking about it ever since. it is a simple movie about childhood sweethearts, na young and hae sung, who reunite twenty-four years…

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