Friends. I owe my life and my world to my friends. And while I could easily write a novel about the impact every single one of them have had on my life, I'm not going to talk about anyone in particular. I want to talk, or rather write, about the idea of support.
Support is the single most important part of our lives. I believe that to be a fact. I can confidently say that the times in my life when I am most happy are the times I have my friends by my side. Nothing is easy (at least nothing worth doing is) and often you will fall down, but I promise it is worth it to get back up again. And I guarantee there is someone there to lend you a hand.
Many have heard me say this before, but I'll say it again. I am most thankful for those moments in my life where things were most difficult and when I was at my lowest. Because it is in those moments that I have turned to my friends for help to pick myself up and truly learn something about life.
It's amazing how much we allow what others say to us affect us. Why do the thoughts of someone who plays no role in our lives torment us the most? In the past, it was the words of others, and the manifestations in my head that came of them, that led me to my most dark and deep places.
I am no stranger to letting what others say get to me. In fact, I spent the better half of my life letting that define me. And no matter what kind and loving words my friends threw in my direction, I refused to accept them as true. I could never expect them to prove to me that their loving words were true without first opening myself to love. Friends, it is too easy for us to think no one loves us, and to think that we are alone in this world. But I say to you: you are more deeply and truly loved than you will ever know. All of you are reading this: I know of at least one person who would go to moon and back for you. Look around... I promise you will find the face of love - the face of God - in your friends and family. Even those who have hurt you, or who you have hurt... reach out to them! Words fade, but relationships last for eternity. You have the ability to reach out, to trust, to LIVE - but you can't do it alone.
It's not possible to be yourself without someone to be yourself with. How can you portray yourself if you have no one to show it to?
I am telling you - take this time to let your friends know that you love them, you need them, and, most importantly, that you are there for them. Life isn't worth living if you don't have people to share it with. I would rather spend all my bad days alone if I knew that I could share my best days with those that I love!
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