Cynical and religious

So cynicism tried to invade today but I've mostly pushed it away. It was concerning meeting my old friend yesterday. We met 11.5 yrs ago, and she was very important then. Kept in touch for some years, and got to visit her 7.5 yrs ago. but things slowly dropped off, and haven't really had much contact for some years now. And now we meet up, like we're reuniting. We say things like "so happy to see you again" and I think we mean it. But really, after this long, and knowing so little about each others lives, are we really still friends? Or are we strangers who happen have a little extra reason to meet? We could be quite different people compared to when we became friends, if we were to meet today, not knowing we'd met in the past, how would things go? A lot can change in that many years, especially from being a teenager to being an "adult". But I guess a lot of things can stay the same. I dunno, it's kindof a weird thought. But overall I'm choosing to ignore it, cause it feels better that way. And maybe it is irrelevant anyways, it is today that matters, if we can hang out and like it, it doesn't matter what led up to it. Still, in some ways I feel like many religious people must feel... to know something, but actively choose to pretend it's not the case cause it feels better that way.