Friendship

This post is going to be long. I was inspired by a song I heard the other day and I'll quote it for you here:

"Well your friends know what's right and your friends know what's wrong, and your friends all know sometimes it's hard to choose.

But that friend who helps you see where your choices will lead; is the kind of friend you never want to lose.

It's that friend who leads with love doesn't push, doesn't shove, just reminds you of the truth you've always known. Then does more than just talk, takes your hand and starts to walk, by your side along the road that leads back home.

And this friend seems to see all the great things you'll be, even when the things you do might prove them wrong; but he always believes that the reel you he sees is a champion he's simply cheering on.

And the love that you feel from a friend that's this real, is as powerful as anything on earth; for it lifts and it grows and it strengthens as it flows, it's what allows a soul to feel just what their worth.

So many lonely souls are calling, and our brightest stars would not be falling, if only, they had a friend, a real friend.

Everyone hopes to find one true friend whose the kind they can count on for forever and a day. Be that friend be that kind that you prayed you might find, and you will always have a best friend, come what may.



I lost a friendship not so long ago to someone who I thought was my best friend. I cried. Because of the things she said to me, and about me, I wondered if maybe I was really a bad person. I started thinking that I must be someone no one would want to be friends with. It's not the first time I've seriously offended someone without even knowing it. Then I talked to my husband. My wonderful husband! He asked me a question that helped me to put things into perspective. He said, "if she said_____, she really doesn't know you. If she really knew you do you think she would have said those things?"

That question helped me so much. In that moment I knew who my true friend was! Nate and I go back a long time. We dated in high school and wrote through his mission. He and I have always been best friends. No matter what girlfriends came into his life I could count on him to still be my best friend, and even now, almost 15 years later we are still the best of friends. But implied in his question was an understanding that even though I do boneheaded forgetful things, (and he knows that more than anyone) when you love someone you know them and you give them the benefit of the doubt, because we all do and say boneheaded things from time-to-time. Thanks Nate for being a REAL friend! And someone I know I can ALWAYS count on! I love you so much!!