Those Who Pass By, Strangers Are Important Too

This article was extracted from my early NetEase blog. NetEase Blog is no longer operating, but looking back, these words are still quite interesting, so I decided to move them over as intact as possible. Mainly as a record; after all, it was a long time ago, so the quality of the writing, images, and links may all be affected.

This article was originally published on October 19, 2009. I was about 20 years old then and was in university.

Fate is always hard to figure out. Among the strangers who pass through our small lives, there are many whom we think should be treasured for a lifetime……

I met someone like-minded on omegle. Although we were on opposite ends of the earth, the same age and the same dreams can always cross the farthest distance on this planet. It was a very congenial chat. I had originally planned for us to leave each other's contact information, but later we still decided to say goodbye with "if it destined in fate, we'll meet again." Although it was very strange, still….

Many times, things that seem impossible will, under the arrangement of fate, appear before our eyes in an astonishing form. A friend I had not seen for three years got in touch again. If that is not much, then what kind of fate is it when two people who are not in the same country, live under two different cultural backgrounds, and have different nationalities get in touch again?

The people who walk past and pass by may be a wonderful arrangement of fate. Perhaps parting is the beginning of the next meeting!