To be known....I think it's what every person longs for. To be loved...it drives us, sends us looking for that fulfillment, from someone...somewhere.
Good News: if you have true friends...your heart has somewhere to hide. The love of God runs deeper than this...yet I want to say thank you to those that are walking this burdened earth with me...living out life...and loving the things that I love, walking arm in arm through the chaos of it all.
C.S. Lewis said: "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art....it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."
Sometimes I feel like I am merely surviving...but then there are those friends, few and far between that KNOW me. They know me WELL. They know my quirks and they actually enjoy them.
They know that I
-am deeply passionate, contrary to my smiles and happy attitude...I can and will defend a person/subject that I care about....unashamedly
-have a bit of ADD when I talk, but I eventually get to the point
-LOVE to dance! Dancing is one of the foundations of who I am....that I will dance whenever, wherever...and ache if i don't get to
-need music, it soothes my soul...no matter where I am, it can change my attitude in a moments notice
-sing...everywhere and anywhere...almost constantly, and without apology ;)
-adore all things artistic. Poetry...paintings...meet a point in my heart where other things cannot
-need to read, reading a good book brings me peace and activates my brain...preferably sci fi, but non-fiction has its own enlightenment to offer as well
Those things I just said...there are those that read the list, and nodded. Smiled. Actually missed seeing some of that displayed b/c of geographic distance...and/or busyness in our lives. THOSE people...they give "value to MY survival".
To be known...WELL known...is highly underrated. Thank you to my friends. Thank you for loving me. The gift of YOU is priceless in my world.
