1.Assessing readiness for reconnection. If you find yourself thinking about the loved one you have been estranged from, you may play over in your head what you might say to that person, receive a message from your phone of past memories you shared in photos, hear a favorite song or see something that reminds you of them, or feel a desire or intuitive nudge to reach out. Interpret those experiences as messages from the universe that it’s time to reach out and that you are ready to reconnect.