People. Strangers.

I often think to myself, about the people I've met throughout life.
I wish I could see them all now, see where they are, see if much has changed.
I often feel terrified when I think of these people because they've probably completely forgotten about me.
As an example, there's a teacher I had in Primary school, he was a great man, was a fantastic teacher and he retired while I was in year 5. Even though he only appeared in my life just briefly, that man has probably affected my life decisions, I'm not saying I thought of him while I was making such decisions, but he definitely influenced my decisions as he was part of my upbringing. I'd love to just bump into him and have a chat. Let him know that I'm now in uni studying maths, let him know that it's highly possible that if I had a different teacher then I could be a completely different person now. It's just something that seems completely irrelevant and minuscule, yet looking at the bigger picture, things could be completely different now!
It'a not just the people that i think have influenced my life that much, but people I've helped out when I was younger, I'm interested to hear how things have worked out for them!
But yet even though I think like this I often do see people that used to be a part of my life, I make eye contact, I smile, they look at me as if they've never seen me before. That's upsetting, they just don't bat an eyelid. I'm nothing to them, not even a memory. I'm just like any other stranger they pass on the street. It actually really saddens me.

Thanks if anyone took the time to read this.

Shannon x