Day 47 of 100 - True Friends

There comes a time when we need to focus again on what is important to us, our families, our work, our personal goals, and reduce the amount of time we share with our extended friends and families.  No one can do it all - priorities need to be set - choices made - and some relationships need to take a back seat to others.


When we have friends do this, it can be taken badly at first, as we feel like we've perhaps lost a closeness that we had learned to love.  It is so important to our own livelihood, and theirs, to not take this personnally.  Everyone needs to take the time and space they need to refocus.  There will be our time to do so, and we cannot allow ourselves to be affected or hurt by this. We need to be proud, and supportive even when we don't understand their decision, or worst yet, disagree with their choices.

True friends are those that, throughout the years, allow us to be away, not talking every day, not seeing each other every moment, yet when we come back together it is truly as though we had never been apart.  Sure there are so many details and events that may have occured to catch back up on, but the bonds you share never changed. 



I can think of a few key people in my life who I love dearly, that I may not have spoken to for some time, but I know they would be there for me, if I called upon them, and when we do get back in touch, it will have been as though there weren't any distance whatsoever.

 

 As we each take a look at our lives, and refocus on what is important to us, do not forget to take the time to still reach out and let each other know that we care - because even though there may be extended silence, our hearts do not forget and our friendship will never die.