The sun sets on another day…
Another sunset, one more. It is all we can ask as the sky lights up again and is filled with fiery color. I am happy as the light washes over me, and I feel as though I may have made a difference.
I’ve been in a lot of places in the world. Every one that I have visited has had beauty and things that are not so beautiful. As I wander through this thing called life, I look out for beauty constantly and often I find it.
I find myself wondering just how many places I have been and how many people I have interact. From India to America the list is long, and I sit here right now as the sun is setting thinking about it.
Most of the people that I have interacted with have been part of my work in one way or another. Then he became friends, some became very good friends. It’s interesting when you have friends at a job and realize how important they are. It’s even more interesting when you move on and still hold a relationship.
There are those that we drift from. The people that were friends with you for one reason or another but not really for the right reason. These people often are the ones who you may have had a good relationship with but your life for their life was often too busy to do more or truly become a part. I was talking to someone who I thought was a good friend and who I had helped with a variety of issues and after I got busy for a while they never reached out and eventually when I saw them in the hall they laughed hit me on the shoulder and said “sorry, we drifted.”
There are those that we have great relationships with and continue to stay in touch with. These are the potential friends that could become much more. Since I have very few childhood friends because of a strange childhood this is where the core of my friends are from. Of course I have many acquaintances from high school and other areas, but work has been central to my adult life and pretty much the only place where I met people that mattered. I have several good friends that I met through work and have kept for a long time.
The point of my rather strange post is that sometimes when we leave we find out who our friends are and although it is bitter to not stand next to them in a work environment, it is sweet to know that there is still some importance between your relationships.
I hope you have many good friends that support you always. I hope you have friends that stand next to you in thick and thin. I hope you have friends the talk the same about you or better when you’re not there. I hope you have friends that you end up in trouble with because there’s no way that they would desert you in a time of need. Mostly I hope you have friends, because having friends means the world to the world.
So as the sun sets on another day, give your friend a hug. Understand the as they understand you, and keep evolving towards a better friendship every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and be a good friend…