As I prepared to meet my girl friends for breakfast this morning, which we do once a week, I thought about how special all relationships are. They are the moments in our lives that we just get to connect with each other and ourselves. When you are with "true" friends you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not, you don't even have to wear make-up if you don't want to because they aren't worried about what you look like. And a true friend is someone that it's okay to be sick in front of because they are the other part of you that makes things all better.
Friends are people that don't worry about what your house looks like, smells like (well that might depend, LOL) and surely don't worry about speaking their truth. Friends are people that you laugh with, cry with and just sit around shooting the breeze. They are the moments in time that are precious and priceless.
When my friend Carol got the stomach bug that I had last week, which by the way friends are able to share things like that together too, she said, "I was so sick I thought I was going to die. And all I could think about while on the toilet was that no one was going to remember me for the things that I said or did in life, but that they were going to remember me only for where I died, on the toilet." LOL She said, "All that ran through my mind were all the actors and actresses that died on the toilet." LOL I knew how my friend felt, I thought the very same thing just the week before. But Carol does such a good job at articulating life and she's so colorful at it too.
As Carol and I sat there having breakfast I got choked up when telling her about a new program on TV "Parenthood" and how this show really hit home about our family and personal relationships we have with people. We are changing as a group in how we communicate and our ability to reach out to each other. We have twitter, facebook, cell phones, texted and more just to stay connected. I would not change one single thing about the connections I have with people and how much time it takes to communicate. I think people deserve it and need it. It allows us to see we are more then the jobs we do each day, we are souls reaching out to touch one another.
I cried this morning thinking about how loving and tender I feel towards all of my friends. Each one of them means so much to me. I used to think that I didn't have many friends but what I've learned is I do and that each and everyone of them is a deep part of me and that deserves respect and appreciatation. I really don't know why I'm so emotional since last week, maybe the feeling of death changes a person. Carol says the reason I turn into this love bug during times like that is because I think it's the last time I'll ever see that person. Never really looked at it that way. I always thought it was because I just loved them and felt the need to express it. So I'm the same sick as I am drunk, what does that tell you? LOL
When we develop these bonds with people we are able to feel them even when they are not near us. We sense when they need us or when something is off for them. We know when they've had enough and need a tender voice to say, "I love you." Sure your spouse can tell us that till the cows come home, but when a friend tells us this we know it's true.
Needless to say I opened a vortex today welcoming everyone in the world to contact me today. There were people that texted, called and wrote me today that I had not heard from in months. But I know they need security, they need to know that everything is going to be okay. And as one of my friends said today, "I know that I can call you and I'll just feel better." I know this is true for him just as it is for me.
So life is enriched with our extra personal relationships and when our children and spouses are our friends we are even more enriched. Sometimes I have to stop thinking about my kids because we love each other so much that it makes my heart hurt. There's not a day that goes by that some form of communication doesn't take place. For this I am happy!
Belief Statement: My life is enriched with friends and family and this makes me feel secure. I know that I get aggreviated at times when there are so many of them calling all at once. I gain friendship while losing nothing.
Spirit Statement: I am abundant with friends and family and this feels secure. I am pleasant when everyone calls while friendly with everything.
Awareness opens the possibility for Alignment and the Willingness to Release. Free yourself of illusions within YOUR reality. What are you creating that makes you feel disempowered?
