The dream of fewness

The dream of fewness comes from our wildest longings and is an ache for a great love.
To dream the dream of fewness is to know, right within the restless stirrings of one's own heart, that one is, as both Scripture and philosophy affirm, fired into life with a madness that comes from the gods and which demands that one attain a great love.
It is only when we despair of attaining that great love that we grow embarrassed with romance, with "falling in love," with the dream of fewness and attempt to tame our longings by subduing them with phrases like naive, adolescent, counterproductive of community, sickly privatized, and obsessional neurosis.
The dream of fewness. Taste and remember. Think of how much happier and mellower and centered beyond the immediate world would be if everyone had tasted and could remember.

(Ronald Rolheiser)

Experiences may make me come to the conclusion that "kindred spirits" or "best friends" is adolescent stuff. There is, indeed, a question within my heart whether this is so. Is it possible that there is one or some people with whom your life will always be tied for life, for better or for worse?
I refuse to give up this longing, though others may frown on it. I was so happy when I came across this reflection from Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. Maybe a lot of people have given up on this in their heart. They may even be unaware that in their heart of hearts, there is this yearning. Their experiences may have taught them to be hard, to be practical, not to believe in adolescent stuff, because in the world you need grit and might and a good dose of indifference in order to survive.
But, I repeat, I refuse to give up this idea and ideal. I believe that God is love. He loves me. He knows that I am a person and I need to feel, to experience love. God Himself said in Genesis that "it is not good for man to be alone".
Experiences may have wounded me, but I refuse to fall into cynicism. Somewhere out there, there are people whose lives will always be tied with mine, forever, for better or for worse.