it's not life that matters but the journey...

so many of my friends on here haven't updated in a long time. Some have been gone as much as six months or more. I've even nudged one of them, but still no word. It seems like so much is going on in the world that's no good, and people are too busy and too stressed. For me, the more stressed I am, the more time I spend on LJ. it's like a lifeline for me.

It makes me sad when people just disappear from LJ or don't write anymore.
I get connected with people, and then they just go away.

I hesitate to delete any of these people from my friends list, though. I guess there's always the possibility that they could come back.

and then there's the person who just friended me less than a month ago, and just deleted her journal out of the blue. I guess everyone has their reasons.