Striking distance

Lately I have been thinking of distance. Not in the melancholy "Ufff yeh dooriyan" kind of way like in our Bollywood movies, but in a totally different light actually. As that oft-misunderstood thing between people. I am not referring to emotional distance, but plain physical distance. Speed x time. Distance. The one that's measured in metres and kilometers and light years. Being away from loved ones may suck, but distance does have its merits in certain other situations.

• Distance keeps us sane.
  
  
• Distance makes us realise what we miss.
  
  
• Distance helps us figure ourselves out.
  
  
• Distance keeps us away from people who interfere in the process of us figuring ourselves out.
  
  
• Distance makes meeting a happier event.
  
  
• Distance allows us to look exactly the way we want to look, away from those who don't want us to look like that.
  
  
• Distance keeps the transport and telecom industries alive.
  
  
• Distance helps us forget.
  
  
• Distance is a good test of love.
  
  
• Distance allows us to issue restraining orders without going to court.
  
  
• Distance makes us understand ourselves and others better.
  
  
• Distance makes break-ups easier.
  
  
• Distance helps us plan great holidays.
  
  
• Distance gives us breathing space.
  
  
• Distance can give rise to beautiful letters and emails.
  
  
• Distance decreases the probability of us bumping into people we have shift+deleted from our lives.
  
  
• Distance heals what time can't.
  
  
• Distance allows us to clearly see whom it should be maintained with.