Friends

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.  Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.  ~Flavia Weedn, 
 

Last  night,  I  realised  how  lucky  I  am ...........  I  have  something  that  money  cannot  buy.................  I  have  something  you  can't  earn ............  I  have  something  that  you  can't  swop ..............  I  have  something  more  precious  than  possessions ....................I  have  something  that  is irreplaceable ............  I  have  a life filled  to  the  brim  with   good  friends.
My "bestest"  friend,  who  i  have  know  since  I  was  13,  who  knows  me  better  than  I  know  myself..............  my  "sister"  friend  who  I  have  known  since  she   was  born,    protects  and  looks  after  me,  like  the  older  sister........  my  "prayer  partner"  friend  who  is  so  giving,  so  full of  faith, an  awesome  prayer  warrior............  my  " never stop"  friends  who  would keep  me  busy  all  day everyday,  they  just  are  so  full of  energy they  never  sit  still............   my  "cell"  friends  who  have  led  me  on  a  journey  closer  to  God  than  I  ever  thought  possible..........  and  lets  not  forget  all the  other  friends  who  are  part  of this  amazing  journey  called  life.................

I  have  been  hibernating  from  my friends, somewhat  over the  past  weeks,  I  have  been  dealing  with  quite  a  lot  of "issues",  due  to  changes  in my  life  I  really  needed  to reinvent  myself,  rediscover  where  I  am,  where  I  am  going,  and  what  I  need  to  take  with  me  on  this  new  journey,  and  what  I  need  to  leave  behind,  but  I  was  happy  to  have  my  own  company,  I  was  happy  to  work  on some  projects  I  am  busy  with,  I  was  happy to  have  some  time  just  for  me.............  no   expectations.......... but  tonight   I had  supper  with my "never stop"    friends,  friends  who  never  stopped phoning  to  find out  how  I  was,  friends  who  never  stopped  asking  me  to  join  them,  even  when  they  knew  my  answer  would  be  no............ and  I  realised  what  an  injustice  I  had  done  to  myself,  not  spending  more  time  with  them  over these  last  weeks.........  we  had  an amazing  evening......  there  is  a  book  called
Eat, Pray,  Love......................  and  that  is  exactly  what  we  did,  we  had  an amazing  meal..........  love  there  style  of  cooking..........  we prayed  thanking  God  for the  food and  the  blessings  given  to  us  each  day............  and  we  Loved,  the  room  was  full of  the  love  that  we  have  for  one another...............
I  realised  that  they  are  actually  not  friends  at  all ...............  they  are  my  extended  family..............  they  are  apart  of  my  life  which  I  could  not  imagine  them  not  being  a  part,  they  accept  me  just  as  I  am  with  all my  "strange"  ways,  with  all  my "weird"  ideas,  with  my  need  to  do  things  "right",  with  all my  warts,  wrinkles  and  baggage................
Thanks  friends........................  Life  is  Good ..............

Master of my own life

Today was one of those days which just started off right, I spent some quality time with my Lord this morning and just know that i really connected, i had a peaceful quiet journey into work, just praising the Lord for his amazing creation, and the beauty of the season, the weather was cold the wind was blowing, the sky was grey, really unusual for a South African winter, as are skies are normally always bright blue even when it is cold. But in someway is was just comforting, the stillness and darkness of the morning.
It made me want to sit by a roaring fire, with a glass of wine and with someone who i could feel free to share my deepest secrets with, that "someone" is not in my life right now, but i know that he will be, that it is my right to have someone who will always just be there for me.
I realised that my joy depends on me, and i cannot hold anyone else accountable for how i feel. If i allow someone to bring me down, then i have given then power over me, and then that gives them the ability to hurt me.
I am so fortunate, no i am so blessed to have so many really good friends, who i know will always be there for me, should i ever need a shoulder to cry on, someone to share coffee with as i plot someones demise, someone to laugh at "wind" jokes with, someone to share a meal with, i know that i could never be lonely, because i have all these people who i care about and who care about me.
Then i realised that is really what life is all about it is not about the car you drive, the house you live in the amount of money you have in your bank account, it is about how many people in your contacts on your cell phone that you can really call friend.
As a child i was tall, skinny and very shy, i was very "nerdy" i was a prefect, a junior town councillor, but never one of the in crowd, never one of those that people missed if you were not there, never visible, if i look at my own daughters they are just so confident, and are able to talk to anyone, of any age or any race or any culture, i am not sure at what point in time, i began to change, at what point i began to like who i was, began to hold my head up high and be noticed, who would have thought just a few years ago that i would be standing up in front of 40 to 60 people and giving motivational messages, and i know that this is because my friends saw in me, something that i could not see, in fact something that i still cannot see, they encouraged me when i doubted myself.
To those people i call friends thank you for being in my life, thank you for listening, thank you for being someone i can call friend........................

Friends, friends, friends

It is not through wealth and possessions that we are rich, it is through true friends, friends who just know by your hello, that you are down, friends, who just at the right time send an sms to lift your spirits, friends who just help when there is a problem , friends who will meet you for coffee when you need to vent, the love of friends will carry you long after, your worldly possessions are rusted and thrown on the rubbish dumb. Some friends are there for a life time, some friends, to help you through a certain situation, some friends to chat to when you have children doing the same activity, but then there are those special friends, who stand by you no matter what, who could blackmail you if they shared your secrets, but for who you would lay down your life as they would in return, thank you to those people who are already in my life and to those who are still to come into my life. Never desert your friends, for anyone because one day, some time, some place, some where when everyone else has left you behind, you are going to need that friend. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE