Stuart’s Philosophies

I also caught up with a very old friend of mine, Lynn – I’ve known her for the last 10 years (gee.. it really didn’t seem that long). Strangely, I suppose I must have called her at the right time because she had been experiencing a down time.

Amidst all the struggles we have in the world today, friends who are in our lives and are there walking in the same direction as we are will be there. I’m just wondering how many people out there are taking their friends for granted, or even believe that there’s no such thing as having friends. I know someone (I’ll call this person AA) whom I’ve trained who believes strongly that other people do not have a right to be part of AA’s life. It’s strange because I observe AA and I realize that whenever AA says something to someone else (you’re not a happy person, you’re being too pushy), that AA is really revealing something about AA (heh, you can tell I’m doing my best to even keep this person’s gender off the post). But you get what I mean.

People like AA, are a dime a dozen in the world we have today, either because they are protecting themselves against something, or because they have a model of the world that isn’t quite sync’d with reality. They push people away, and they think it’s all right. I suppose there’s some logic to the fact that not everyone can be your friend or confidante, but surely if you don’t learn more about people and open up to others more, you won’t be able to even find those special confidantes that you need.

The truth is, I know I would never have gotten very far if not for the support of my friends around me. It’s not the bulk of my friends who have contributed… it’s those people who have given me a push once in a while whom I can count with my fingers who made the difference. So if you haven’t already done so, perhaps you ought to celebrate friendship in a way that helps you to remember that when you next meet your close friends, always remember to treasure their presence and their contributions, deliberate or not, to your life.