You’ve Got a Friend in Me.
It has probably been at least a year since I have written on here. I’m quite positive that no one still checks this. If you do, than thank you for still having faith in me and my writing. Even if no one see’s this I still feel the need to write on here today. I’ve had this blog since I was a sophomore in high school. Through the years I have poured my heart and soul out on to its virtual pages. Anyone who’s read it would know the deepest inner workings of my mind. Why on Earth I would ever want to make that public I have no idea.
This weekend was probably the worst weekend I have ever experienced. Yet, I came out of it so hopeful and found myself once again inspired. This weekend some of my friendships were tested to the very core. I’m not sure most friendships would have lasted through it to come out unshaken, let alone even stronger.
“You don’t appreciate what you have until its gone.” It wasn’t until God almost took everything away that I realized how true that statement is. While I would like to say from that point on everything was happy go lucky. That we all sat around a fire singing Quimbaya. The truth is, things still declined from there. Many tears were shed in the process and many moments we all felt hopeless. Somewhere in the wake of that hopelessness I looked around and saw how all of us had pulled together as a team. I had never felt so blessed. Little acts of kindness became huge in my eyes; A simple joke, a friendly smile, a long hug. Things that normally seem so small, were suddenly crucial for my heart this weekend.
I have taken so much for granted. Focused on all of the things I didn’t have instead of all the things I did have. I may not have an ipod, or the best camera in the world. What I do have is so much more valuable. Friends that wouldn’t want to be anywhere else if I needed them. I have been blessed abundantly.
