loveFriends, acquaintances, and even some family members come into your life and then drift away.  Some you may never see again, and yet, your acquaintance served a purpose.  There is, in reality, only one Spirit, one Mind, dividing Itself into limitless manifestations for the learning and the love.  What good does it serve to be alone?  Think of the relationships you have enjoyed, and others you have not enjoyed at all.  Where would you be, how would you be, and who would you be without having known them?  If your reaction is to think, “I would be better off,” then in fact there is much to be learned from that encounter.  See it from the soul’s perspective, not the human.  Relationships are your greatest teachers.  They need not all be pleasant for the greatest growth to occur.