It was a pleasure to meet you!

While looking at each other, we both knew it could be the last time we were together. That the circumstances of life pointed to different paths, and that it would be difficult for us to cross again.

How many times this happened to us either at personal, professional or social levels? If we look back to all the people who crossed our lives and made part of our journey, we realize that there were many. Some of them are no longer there, but despite the time they stayed, it changed us forever. They made us look at the world in a different way.

That is why it is so important to live each day with intensity and openness. To appreciate the moment, enjoy being alive and getting the most out of the relationships. Regardless if the relationship is for some minutes, for some days or several years. To appreciate the moment is to know that this situation will not repeat itself. It's knowing that the person may not be there for us again.

Yet, how many of us are stuck in the past or projecting the future? Instead of having the ability to enjoy what is happening here and now? And in this inability to live in the present, we create imaginary worlds and high levels of stress. And in the midst of all the stress, we pay little attention to people who cross our lives and miss the best of them.

That is why it is often difficult for us to accept that this person’s path will not longer cross with ours. In a selfish way, we thought the person would always be there for us. When we face the fact that’s not going to happen, the feeling of loss invades us, and the heart hurts. That's when we realize that we couldn’t appreciate the time and attention the person was offering us, and getting the most out of the relationship.

But it does not have to be that way. It is up to us to enjoy each moment with the people who crosses our path. It is up to us to share, learn, and give our best to the relationship. And when the time to follow a different path comes, be able to practice detachment and say 'it was a pleasure to meet you!'.