It struck me today that the very fact that a connection continues in some form or other with  persons we treasure , however small,  and in what ever context , suggests that such a long sequence or train of events cannot be ruled out as trivial. Sometimes a real world connection can fade, blaze or lie dormant. Sometimes it transforms to be purely online despite being once a real flesh and blood connection, almost an Avatar if you will. And of course there are connections that were born on line as well and will never become " real world ". Whatever were looking at, long term events cannot be deemed as meaningless. Time does not measure ???