The Red String of Fate

I was talking to my SO and asked him about this Japanese legend, he didn't know it so I googled it to send it to him. When re-reading it, and knowing it's just a legend, I realised what the idea of "no matter the distance or time" means to me and thought I'd share with all of you.

The Red String of Fate: 

[...] According to the Japanese legend, this thread emanating from the heart doesn’t end at the tip of the finger. It continues in the form of an invisible red string, which ’’flows’’ out of your pinkie and goes on to intertwine with the red strings of other people — connecting your heart with theirs.

Two people who are connected in this way are bound together by Fate itself. Sooner or later, they are destined to meet, no matter how far apart they live or how much their life circumstances differ. And, when it happens — that encounter is certain to profoundly affect both of them. The strings can sometimes stretch and become tangled, which could postpone the fateful meeting. But — those ties will never be broken. [...]

Link: https://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/the-red-string-of-fate-a-beautiful-japanese-legend-140105/