The Blessing Of Friends... Friendships.

Been back for a month already. Seems like I have never left at all. Warmth from friends & colleagues are overwhelming. Still, invitations to meet, to catch-up & chat are still pouring in. Really appreciate the care, concern & support from all. Gotten to know more new friends at a neck-breaking speed. Life is good enough. I shall say my grace. Sometimes I feel relationships of all kinds are such funny things. Though contact is cut, but connection is still strong. I told myself I shall never abuse that. I will need to love others as well as myself better. I may not always be that lucky.

Friendship is so precious - & so necessary. We need friends to serve as mirrors so that we can see ourselves. A good friend clearly sees our faults, reflects them back to us & loves us through them. When we are insecure in ourselves & reluctant to grow & change, we will choose friends who support our stasis, agree with our opinions & demand our silence. When we see our friends acting this way, we must remember that we have chosen them. We reveal alot in the friends we choose.

Our good friends may not always agree with us, yet they never demand our silence when our perspectives differ. Good friends rejoice in our right to grow & in our growth, even if that means that we grow away from them. We are a good friend to others when we do the same thing. Friendship is not a vehicle for control; it is a vehicle for freedom. It is a system that is open in all directions for those who participate.

Angels aren't our only constant reminders of Divinity's devotion to our emotional, physical & psychological well-being. Above all, let your friends know how much you love them. Tell them frequently how much you treasure the gift of their friendship. Sadly, significant others come & go. Parents die. Siblings are separated by distance. But our friends are the continuous threads that help hold up our lives together. Cherish your friends, not only in thought but in action. Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be.

Will be meeting my galfriend Joyce tomorrow for dinner with some new friends from Equinix. Miss her quite abit. It has been more than a year since we last met. Drinks & make merry. Let's all embrace life for abit.

DaRkAnGeL'S WoRdS oF WiSdOm :

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.."