Recently. I started to contact friends from my past. I don't know. Maybe it's because some of my old friends have passed on. Maybe it's because of the lumps and bumps my doctor keeps excising from my body. Life moving quickly...tic toc, and all that jazz.
I do think it's important to talk about our power to effect/affect. To acknowledge and appreciate the selfless acts of friendship. So much can happen with a few words or actions...an experience...a look exchanged with joy, sadness or just knowing. And, because we're busy or uncomfortable, we don't acknowledge and appreciate the magic occurring. "Never to be squandered, the miracle of another human being." Perhaps we're not meant to because then it all becomes weird. Uncomfortable.
Nevertheless, I began calling, looking up on the Internet and talking with those who might help me find others. It's been interesting. The process. Easier than I thought. Which, having been raised with George Orwellian stories of the seventies, is not that comforting. We are all so "available," now. I'm not sure I like that. Which is why I am anonymous, somewhat, on this blog. But, I digress.
It has been fun talking with people from over twenties years past. Children have been raised, careers defined and marriages either dissolved or still going strong. I prefer the "going strong" message as it appeals to my romantic nature and belief in the power of love.
For me, friendship has been one of the strongest threads running through the blanket of my life. Perhaps it is because I've not married or because I'm romantic. But whatever the reason, I know that I am the happy and fun woman/artist of today because of my friends, past and present. They have marked moments of change and growth. For this, I am grateful. My goal ,before I leave this planet, is to let them know. It is my hope that I am touching the hearts of those who have left already and that they know they meant something...to someone....without even trying.
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