Found

* Slightly inspired by Thea Astley *

If you have some time for me, then I'll tell you a little story.
A story about two people who changed each other's lives, dramatically.
It's not overly long - for it's a story still being written,
But make some time for me and I shall tell you.

Firstly, I want you to imagine two separate 'worlds' - on one world.
Two separate souls, two separate entities.
Imagine one soul to be on the path to discovery. The other - on a journey of learning and experience.
Now, as carefully as you can, I want you to imagine life, as it were, for these souls.
Satisfying, yet something clearly missing. A void - if you will, which lacked something sufficient.

I want you to imagine that these two souls are not aware of one another.
And thus, how could they possibly be aware of each other's existance?
After all, they have not encountered one another before. . .
That is, until now.

Now, I want you to imagine on one ordinary day, something unusual happening.
Something different - not part of a daily 'routine'.
Imagine these two souls found one another. Imagine them crossing paths.
And thus, never realising the full extent of their encounter having such a large impact on their lives in the future.

Let's fast forward time slightly.
Imagine hours upon hours of conversing - a means for further discovery and forgetting the horrors of reality.
Imagine this 'void' suddenly disappearing and being given a new means for living - another purpose.

To the external eye, it would seem like they're long lost friends. These souls know each other inside and out.
But their secret?
They haven't actually met.
Yet. . .