Relationships: "On the surface" or deeper?

Lately I've thinking a lot about relationships. I find it amazing how many people can come into your life and change things, mix it up, and then either leave or stay, or just kind of put themselve into the fading of the background. One thing that amazes me is break ups. You spend so much time with one person, sharing things so intimate that its as if they see you naked; not just physically, but emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. But then for some reason, you or your significant other, decide to put the clothes back on and leave. I'm a big believer of no contact after a break up. Its just easier that way, but its so strange that one day you can be so attached to someone and then the next its like you don't know each other and maybe you never even knew each other at all.

Another aspect of relationships I've been thinking about is almost the opposite of the above. I wait tables and I have three regular customers who know me by name, I know them by name and we talk about our lives. One of them is a gentleman who I know will come in between four and five on Tuesday and when he gets there, he'll get change for a dollar and sit in a corner booth and read the paper. Now, even though I know what he'll order, I'll still go ask and chat and get the scoop on what movies he's seen lately and what interesting things he's been reading in the paper and anything else that seems relevant at the time. I'll tell him about school, my car, just little bits of information. Its a very "on the surface" relationship. Not digging to deep, not to far into each others lives, but still having the comfortability and reassurance that when he sits down we can both count on each other. And while it still is just on the surface, I know that these little interactions and relationships are just as important as the big ones. Regardless the size or intimacy of a relationship, as long as its positive, human interaction can be one of the simplest (and maybe a little bit complex) forms of sanity.......think of who you appreciate and let them know. Hopefully, you won't take things for granted because you never know.............