Lesson 1: Value of Friendship

There are so many things that I didn’t realize until I went to India and completely disconnected from my own reality.

I realized how much my friends mean to me, I mean my real friends -- not the coasters that come and go. Those who have witness me at the highest points and lowest points in my life thus far. Those who choose to be present in their lives as well as in my own.

Dictionary defines a friend as: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.

My definition: a person you know well, communicate with and regard them with the highest esteem, loving them and trusting them unconditionally. Some that understand how to reciprocate in their own way.

Unfortunately, not too many people know how to fulfill this definition.

But it has taken me an extremely long time to figure out who my REAL friends are and who genuinely want to see me happy as much as I want to see them happy. Not everyone is truly happy for others and they don’t realize how negatively it can impact them and others.

So to the few in my life who deserve the title of FRIEND I say this:

Thank you for everything and anything you have done for me.
Thank you for being there when I wanted to have fun.
Thank you for being there when I was falling a part and almost done.

My words and actions will never really be able to demonstrate how much you have impacted my life and my heart. The world brought you in my life to remind me of what I valued. The moments we have spent just doing nothing or working away have been etched into my heart and will forever live on with our countless memories. You have reminded me of my strengths and purpose; reminding me never to change who I am because of my impact on you.

For all of this isn’t enough…but is the tipping point for many more moments of expression to how much I value my friend.